When you could fly DFW-IAD on Concorde

"someassemblyrequired" (someassemblyrequired) 10/10/2018 at 10:09 • Filed to: None

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It’s 15 years since Concorde stopped flying, but for a time in 1979-1980, you could fly Concorde domestically within the U.S. Braniff International operated BA and AF Concordes, re-registered in the US, complete with N-number stickers, and flown by Braniff crews.

Braniff promo video:

Last Braniff Concorde flight from DFW, 1980:

Lots of memorabilia and additional details at the Braniff Pages site:

http://www.braniffpages.com/concorde.html

ttyymmnn > someassemblyrequired 10/10/2018 at 10:25

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“Procession of the Nobles” by Rimsky-Korsakov from Mlada . The FAA is working to bring supersonic travel back to the US, based on work done by NASA and DARPA in the Shaped Sonic Boom program . It makes for a crazy-looking aircraft.

someassemblyrequired > ttyymmnn 10/10/2018 at 10:33

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Ooh that’s unfortunate.  Pelican or Platypus doesn’t have the same ring as Concorde.

facw > someassemblyrequired 10/10/2018 at 10:54

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Maybe you prefer NASA’s Quiet Spike?

Meanwhile the X-59 is funded and due in 2021:

someassemblyrequired > facw 10/10/2018 at 10:58

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I’ll take the sonic booms, thanks.   Saves on eye bleach.

user314 > facw 10/10/2018 at 12:07

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Jesus, NASA;  compensating much?

user314 > someassemblyrequired 10/10/2018 at 12:08

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It’s the Northrop Durante !

Sovande > someassemblyrequired 10/10/2018 at 12:31

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When I was a kid at my grandparents place, you could hear the the sonic boom of the C oncorde as they left IAD. It was pretty cool, actually.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn 10/10/2018 at 12:38

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That poor F-5. Has a huge tumor on its nose. 

ttyymmnn > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 10/10/2018 at 13:03

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It’s for science. 

ranwhenparked > someassemblyrequired 10/10/2018 at 19:05

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Yeah, Braniff leased a total of 11 Concordes. I t was supposed to be for evaluation and crew training in preparation for buying some of their own outright, but they lost a bunch of money on the service and were really hurting from the effects of deregulation anyway, so it didn't go anywhere. 

someassemblyrequired > ranwhenparked 10/10/2018 at 23:12

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Yeah Braniff didn’t really make a great transition to the world of deregulation. Harding Lawrence was a visionary in many ways and a kook in others - stunts like the Concorde flights probably hastened Braniff’s demise considerably.