AF4590

Amateur footage of the Concorde (AF4590) on its last flight.

An Air France Concorde tries to make a standard take off out of the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Find out how a lot of fuel and another plane caused this supersonic jet to catch fire and fall out of the sky.

Thanks to Kara for guesting on this episode!!!

Photo Sources:

https://www.bea.aero/uploads/tx_elydbrapports/f-sc000725a.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590

Video Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=388FlyL6fO0&fbclid=IwAR1K7uJbv5Y-SnnKUR0TQnS9Py0-D_kOFf4vHK5UxfN1ntNkl_soSwfrsdA

Research Sources:

https://www.bea.aero/uploads/tx_elydbrapports/f-sc000725a.pdf

https://www.heritageconcorde.com/g-boag-214?fbclid=IwAR1YJ8gfTPvFDBi6DxYro_jtPv0ZbzDd57U1UCl3uuEcnoByTWGjGCheUWM

“Concorde- Up in Flames .” Air Disasters, season 8, episode 7, Smithsonian Channel, 29 Jan. 2017.

Some photos from our trip to the Seattle Boeing Museum of Flight with a British Airways Concorde. With the droop snoot, and the tires as well as Nick for reference.