Red-hot footage shows Concorde's fiery afterburners kicking in as it departs from Heathrow airport
Published on Oct 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Oct 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Emma Matthews
Somebody once filmed Concorde using afterburners while leaving Heathrow Airport in London.
It’s truly a sight to behold.
Partly because afterburners are always cool, but mostly because even now, over 20 years after it was retired, we still miss this magnificent supersonic aircraft.
Check it out in the amazing clip above, courtesy of Webflite.
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