How fast was the Concorde fly from Miami to Dulles?
Jan 31, 2016, 12:17 pm
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How fast was the Concorde allowed to fly from Miami to Dulles?
(not sure how to edit the thread title, it left out the words "allowed to")
How fast was the Concorde allowed to fly from Miami to Dulles?
I was in the middle of a tedious task of converting my old home videos from
Beta(yes, Beta) to digital videos. One of the old tapes was shot when I was
visiting Dulles Airport. I was inside one of the midfield terminals and the BA
Concorde was just taxiing from the runway to the gate. On the video, I said
"oh, that's the Concorde that just arrived from Miami and heading to London
in a little bit..." (the Concorde was in its old magnificent "proper" livery, like
the pictures at the bottom, not the one currently seen on museum Concordes)
It got me thinking.... the last time I flew from Miami to Dulles on AA, it took
the A320(or 737?) a little over two hours, from actual take-off to touching
down. Then I looked at the old BA schedule... the MIA-IAD leg was only
scheduled for 90 minutes? If that's the case, how fast did the Concorde fly?
Were they allowed to go as fast as they wanted, as long as it was subsonic?
Thanks!
How fast was the Concorde allowed to fly from Miami to Dulles?
I was in the middle of a tedious task of converting my old home videos from
Beta(yes, Beta) to digital videos. One of the old tapes was shot when I was
visiting Dulles Airport. I was inside one of the midfield terminals and the BA
Concorde was just taxiing from the runway to the gate. On the video, I said
"oh, that's the Concorde that just arrived from Miami and heading to London
in a little bit..." (the Concorde was in its old magnificent "proper" livery, like
the pictures at the bottom, not the one currently seen on museum Concordes)
It got me thinking.... the last time I flew from Miami to Dulles on AA, it took
the A320(or 737?) a little over two hours, from actual take-off to touching
down. Then I looked at the old BA schedule... the MIA-IAD leg was only
scheduled for 90 minutes? If that's the case, how fast did the Concorde fly?
Were they allowed to go as fast as they wanted, as long as it was subsonic?
Thanks!
Last edited by weltfrieden; Jan 31, 2016 at 12:23 pm
Jan 31, 2016, 1:20 pm
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Supersonic over the water, which wasn't for that long but would save some time. You'll find however that block times especially for shorthaul flights are higher now due to more traffic/congestions on busier routes/airports.
Jan 31, 2016, 2:53 pm
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Wow! That video is only a few months later than the video I'm trying to
convert from Beta to digital.
Did all passengers arriving from LHR have to be driven by the moon buggies
to IAD's IAB to clear immigration/customs, then driven back to the Concorde
for the IAD-MIA flight?
I never really gave much thought to the Concorde's demise. Technology
usually moves forward. On the other hand, air travel has gone from
supersonic back to subsonic. (or worse... the US space program, which has
gone from going to space on the cushy space shuttles to begging the Russians
for a ride on the Soyuz)
Feb 2, 2016, 5:58 pm
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No. Before 9/11, foreign airlines were allowed to leave passengers on board during domestic tags, and they would clear at the final destination.
Feb 2, 2016, 6:03 pm
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Before 9/11 I made several trips to Korea. On the return flights,
there were refueling stops in Anchorage and passengers were
allowed to walk in a confined area in the terminal. We didn't
have to clear customs/immigration until the flight actually arrived
at US airports in the within the 48 states.