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I lived in London in the early 2000's before Concorde stopped flying; I was in Fulham so happened to be under one of the Heathrow approach flight paths. I reme

I lived in London in the early 2000's before Concorde stopped flying; I was in Fulham so happened to be under one of the Heathrow approach flight paths. I remember seeing and HEARING the Concorde coming in for landing at Heathrow. Absolutely the loudest thing in the sky! (apart from the occasional RAF flyover for Her Maj's birthday or some such...) You couldn't mistake it for anything else.

Erwin 12y ago
The Concorde engines were apparently based on the Vulcan Bomber's engines. There's still one of those that flies, and you can see it at airshows in Britain once in a while. I saw it at this year's Farnbourough which was an awesome experience (as was seeing the Airbus A380 take off at an extremely short distance -- when it's not loaded with fuel and cargo it's incredibly powerful and agile). The Vulcan was load, and has an incredible "howl": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_ARSE8jEHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_ARSE8jEHQ