I think I can successfully answer both. Concorde departs out of JFK on their only super-long runway (one of the longest in the world) to minimize fuel consumption. As for the altitude, the Concorde, like a heavily loaded A340 doesn't exactly have scorching lift characteristics, especially fully loaded with fuel & pax, and about to run near to it's range limit. There could of been other reasons though. The bank is to avoid the arrival flight path for either of La Guardia's runways. Even the LGA arrivals to the west (from say DCA) travel straight over Brooklyn and join the arrival path about 10 miles to the east-southeast of LGA with a hard 100 degree turn to the left. As for noise abatement, I think you could bury the Concorde 100 ft underground and it still wouldn't past noise-abatement muster. ;-) Matthew On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 01:33 PM, Liam Tully wrote: > Me too! And why did it remain so low? > > Great stuff Carlos - I love it. Have played > it about 400 times (loud) so far.... > > Liam. > YVR. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark" <mgreenwood@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 1:23 PM > Subject: Re: Last flight AF Concorde MPEG video today... > > >> I am curious why the aircraft banked so quickly after take off. Is >> that > for >> noise abatement? >> >> Mark >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John Kelly" <jckelly1011@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 4:48 AM >> Subject: Re: Last flight AF Concorde MPEG video today... >> >> >>> Carlos, >>> An absolutely super video! Thanks for sharing it with us and to >> Mikephotos >>> for hosting the video. >>> Regards, >>> JCK >>> ---- >>> >>>> From: UPSplane@xxxxxxx >>>> Reply-To: The Airline List <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > UPSplane@xxxxxxx >>>> To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Subject: Last flight AF Concorde MPEG video today... >>>> Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 15:50:27 EDT >>>> >>>> Hi guys- >>>> >>>> As some of you might know, this morning the last scheduled revue Air >> France >>>> Concorde flight took from JFK Airport to Paris. Here's an MPEG video > that >> I >>>> shot with my new compact 3.2MP Sony P72 digicam. I bought this >>>> little >>>> digicam for >>>> fun family/friends type of pics. I decided to put the MPEG video >>>> mode > it >>>> has >>>> to good use today, so I could share this moment in aviation history > with >>>> you >>>> all. It was pretty cloudy/overcast for me to shoot action slide >>>> shots > of >> it >>>> I >>>> think. The MPEG video was fun to do! Thanks to Mikephotos for the >>>> web >> space >>>> to >>>> host it. >>>> >>>> It's a pretty big file around 8MB so give it a little time to > download... >>>> but >>>> well worth the wait. And make sure you have your speakers on LOUD! >> Enjoy!! >>>> >>>> <A >>> >> >> HREF="http://www.mikephotos.net/upsplane/ >> AF_SSC_FBTSD_31MAY2003_goodbye_car >> losborda.mpg"> >>> >> >> http://www.mikephotos.net/upsplane/ >> AF_SSC_FBTSD_31MAY2003_goodbye_carlosbor >> da.mpg</A> >>>> >>>> ~Carlos >>>> >>>> >>>> Carlos Borda >>>> Carlos' Airliner Images! >>>> http://members.aol.com/upsplane/homepage.html >>>> http://airliners.net/search/ >>>> photo.search?emailsearch=upsplane@xxxxxxx >>>> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >>> >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* >>> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >>> >> >