2022

TQ0662 : Brooklands - Concorde - Cockpit

taken 3 years ago, near to Byfleet, Surrey, England

Brooklands - Concorde - Cockpit
Brooklands - Concorde - Cockpit
This is the cockpit of Concorde 202 (G-BBDG). In the Seventies when Concorde first flew, passengers could wander up to the cockpit at any time and chat to the aircrew as the plane flew at twice the speed of sound over the Atlantic. They could even puff away on the complimentary cigar that they had been given for the flight!
Times have certainly changed; nowadays the cockpit of all major commercial aircraft are locked against the cabin, no passenger plane flies faster than the speed of sound, and no-one can smoke within the plane: “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Public buildings and spaces Educational sites Aircraft: Concorde Place: Brooklands Primary Subject: Aircraft other tags: Cockpit Concorde Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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TQ0662, 120 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Rob Farrow   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 12 March, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 18 March, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 0696 6289 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:21.3016N 0:27.9200W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 0696 6289
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South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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