Concorde The Final Flight (2004)

British Airways retired its Concorde on 24th October 2003 thus ending the era of champagne and caviar at Mach 2 forever During a career spanning 27 years Concorde carried around 4 million people and embarked on 50000 flights Thanks to its instantly recognisable design and stateoftheart engineering the aircraft became a national treasure that still evokes passion and pride 10 years after its permanent grounding This programme takes viewers onboard one of Concordes final flights to experience the thrill of supersonic travel Well go in the airport lounges onto the plane behind the scenes and hear from key players like chief Concorde pilot Mike Bannister head of menu development David Stockton and chief engineer Claude Freeman who all ensured Concorde was the ultimate flying experience