Economy Class & Beyond

You are here: Home / Airplane Art / Airplane Art – Concorde, 50 years since its first flight (Photo Special)

Airplane Art – Concorde, 50 years since its first flight (Photo Special)

by

It’s Sunday again, so it’s time for rather special airplane art.

This time focusing on one of the aviation icons – Concorde, as it celebrates 50 years since its first flight. There’s no historical run-down – a lot of Concorde’s history is documented for the record elsewhere, in books, on the internet and beyond.

I’m going to focus on the Concorde type planes I’ve spotted on my travels – and those that I have reasonably good photos of in this 50th Anniversary.

We’ll start with G-BOAC – the flagship of the British Airways Concorde fleet – shot in 2008 at Manchester Airport – before it had its hanger built. a plane on the runway

We’ll move onto G-BOAG – the furtherest west Concorde that lives at The Museum of Flight in Seattle – shot in 2008. Again, this Concorde has a lovely hanger to protect it now.

a plane on a tarmac the nose of an airplane  a close up of a plane a plane on a ramp

Next, the resident of the Smithsonian at the Udvar Hazy Center, Air France’s Concorde F-BVFA

a group of people in a hangar with airplanes a group of airplanes in a hangar a tail of a plane in a hangar

There’s even a Concorde at Heathrow Airport – G-BOAB– even if it looks a little unloved these days.

Concorde

There’s also an Air France Concorde – F-BVFF – at Paris CDG if you taxi past it.

Concorde at Paris CDG, affected by the French Air Traffic Controller Strike, Image - Economy Class and Beyond
Also choosing a rainy day to go past it is a big no-no.

And moving closer to the present day – back to G-BOAC, in its enclosed hanger at Manchester Airport, at the Ringway Viewing Park

a plane in a building the tail of a plane in a hangar a large white airplane in a hangar a white airplane in a hangar a white airplane in a hangar a white airplane in a hangar

More airplane art next week!

Photographers Notes

  • Cameras: Canon EOS 40D, Canon EOS 50D, Canon EOS 6D, Canon EOS R.
  • Lenses: Various (EF 24-105mm F4,  EF 28-105 3.5-5.6, EF 17-40 F4 L)
  • Settings: Various
  • Majority reprocessed with Adobe Lightroom CC.

Welcome to Economy Class and Beyond – Your no-nonsense guide to network news, honest reviews, with in-depth coverage, unique research as well as the humour and madness as I only know how to deliver.

Follow me on Twitter at @EconomyBeyond for the latest updates! You can also follow me on Instagram too!

Also remember that as well as being part of BoardingArea, we’re also part of BoardingArea.eu, delivering frequent flyer news, miles and points to the European reader.

Filed Under: Airplane Art

Comments

  1. DavidB says

    Thanks for the memories. Particularly of BOAG which is my personal Concorde, having flown her twice, paid my respects when she did her final North American tour stop at YYZ, and did a walk through at the Seattle museum a few years ago.

  2. Lara S. says

    Can you go inside any of them? I’ve only seen the one at the Udvar-Hazy and you couldn’t go or look into it, but it looks like maybe the one in Manchester (UK I assume) has a set of stairs up?

    • Kevincm says

      You can go aboard the ones in Seattle and Manchester, as well as the ones in Brooklands and New York (USS Intrepid).

      No doubt there’s a lot out there you can too (like the ones in France and Germany). It’s worth a look around.

      Just be prepared for how tight it is. It’s like a regional jet in some respects….