Cockpit video captures Concorde takeoff from London Heathrow at incredible speed
Published on Mar 06, 2026 at 6:41 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Mar 06, 2026 at 6:41 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Ben Thompson
Decades ago, somebody was somehow able to film an amazing clip of Concorde taking off from London Heathrow airport from inside the cockpit.
A combination of factors makes this video particularly compelling.
Partly because of the famously complicated Concorde cockpit, but mostly because we know we’re never going to be able to film similar videos in the future.
But there’s a silver lining.
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This plane had one of the most complicated cockpits of any aircraft
Originally posted to TikTok by @simplyaviation101, the video you can watch above shows Concorde’s famously ultra-complicated cockpit.
Most cockpits have a plethora of controls, dials, switches and knobs in front of the pilots, but Concorde had switches everywhere, including on the walls.
And the video also shows just how complicated it was to fly this beast.
Then again, this plane had a maximum speed of Mach 2.04 (1,354 mph or 2,180 km/h) at cruise altitude – over twice the speed of sound.
So it couldn’t just be a ‘normal’ airplane.
We’ll never have another Concorde, but there may be alternatives
Concorde was the first commercial supersonic jet, reaching New York JFK from London Heathrow in under four hours.
It seated between 92 to 128 passengers and, for a few decades, it represented peak commercial aviation.
Unfortunately, the dream faded away.
Several factors played a part, including the astronomically high costs.
The original Concorde took its last journey in 2003 after entering service in 1976, but the plane’s icon status remains intact.
Concorde will never be back (probably), but several companies are working on new supersonic aircraft.
We can probably narrow it down to two names.
Boom Supersonic (above), a private company, and NASA (below) are making good progress.
Both are working on new supersonic aircraft, and both are trying to solve the main problem: the sonic boom.
It seems trivial but it isn’t.
The plane’s massively loud sonic boom was one of the reasons why Concorde was ‘killed’.
Because it was so loud that some countries simply banned it outright.
If Boom Supersonic or NASA (or both) can fix that problem, maybe we’ll fly supersonic again.
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After beginning his automotive writing career at DriveTribe, Alessandro has been with Supercar Blondie since the launch of the website in 2022. In fact, he penned the very first article published on supercarblondie.com. He’s covered subjects from cars to aircraft, watches, and luxury yachts - and even crypto. He can largely be found heading up the site’s new-supercar and SBX coverage and being the first to bring our readers the news that they’re hungry for.
