Concorde getting escorted by RAF over a Ship(Not Mine)
Posted by Long-Replacement6091@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 369 comments
Posted by Long-Replacement6091@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 369 comments
ReadyWhippet@reddit
The ship is the Queen Elizabeth II, if you're interested.
icybrain37@reddit
either your old (to remember this shot) or love history...
everything in this shot is British. Concorde, RAF Red Arrows (escorting) and QE2
Either way, answer is correct
knorkinator@reddit
Not to be a party pooper, but Concorde is 50% French.
probablyaythrowaway@reddit
Yeah but so it Britain…. If you go back enough 🤣
icybrain37@reddit
True
But British livery... British Airways
If remember correctly, that tail livery is mid-to-late 80s/early 90s
I personally thought/recognize the Brits was more proud of the Concord than the French. Or the reality, the Brit Airways had a bigger marketing budget.
Then again, able to watch this plane take off and land at JFK everyday...
LazerWolfe53@reddit
The Brits were just more surprised they built a plane. Meanwhile even in English half of the parts of a plane have French names.
Quaiche@reddit
The French are absolutely nostalgic of the Concorde.
sofixa11@reddit
Why? Definitely doesn't feel that way in France.
icybrain37@reddit
Guess because I know more (and been to) Britian than France 😆
But no lie, love seeing the Concorde siting there at CDG
JamesInDC@reddit
Yeah but who won the Battle of Agincourt, I ask you? Who?
shwhjw@reddit
And you can only see 50% of the Concorde in this photo, can you not?
UmbraIndagator@reddit
So too are the English.
Hyperious3@reddit
just like the British (even if they don't want to admit it)
Majestic-Rock9211@reddit
Well I’m so old I remember the Red Arrows flying Gnats before Hawks ( in the pic) - so how old am I?
icybrain37@reddit
depends how you want to accept this answer -lol
Gnats went concept somewhere in the early 50's to actual (test flight) start of the 60's(?) and from there, EOP/EOL start of the 80s
Some of this I know directly... other is historical knowledge.
So without searching when the RA was formed, at your youngest, mid-to-late 60 or at oldest early 80s.
so yeah you're old -lol
ArsErratia@reddit
Including the ocean.
Ca6Ko2@reddit
Damn, even the water? Must be true that Britain rules the wavy
HortenWho229@reddit
What kind of ship is it if I’m not interested?
andysniper@reddit
Technically it’s Queen Elizabeth 2, not II. It’s the second ship called Queen Elizabeth, not named after the late Queen.
Hattix@reddit
Named because it replaced the original RMS Queen Elizabeth.
WelcomeWagoneer@reddit
How much are you askin'?
ReadyWhippet@reddit
Tree fiddy
scotsman3288@reddit
This was half my lifetime ago... sigh
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Didnt know
Kenju22@reddit
That's an awesome pic \^\^ Love the Concorde, just wish I had the chance to see one of them in flight T.T
Theleaf2805@reddit
For a moment I thought OP owns the ship
Beois@reddit
I had a framed photo of this signed by all the pilots and the captain of the QE2 and either my mother sold it or it got lost in our move across the Atlantic ocean. It upsets me to think about that still.
That-Makes-Sense@reddit
Of course that's not a mine. It looks nothing like a mine.
Alps_Useful@reddit
Don't believe everything you see online, but I do believe it's not OPs shit
KaiserSosey@reddit
Photographed from a Camberra
Hamlet1305@reddit
That's not your ship?
buttplugpeddler@reddit
Fucking poors 🙄
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Wdym i aint fucking poor
ReagenLamborghini@reddit
Then how do you explain not owning that ship?
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
I own part of it
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
I own one bolt of the ship
ReagenLamborghini@reddit
Prove it. Show us the deed to the bolt.
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Ok
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Uhh
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
It seems that i have lost it
Touch_Of_Legend@reddit
This is why I love Reddit.
Good luck finding it! 🤣
Fantastic_Lead9896@reddit
^ elon, go back to X
rfm92@reddit
He is a fraud, he doesn’t actually own any of the things in the photo!
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Ye
Jagoff_Haverford@reddit
On shit! Now he’s claiming to be Kanye!
HebrewHamm3r@reddit
He's a phony! Hey everyone, this guy's a great big phony!
Worldly-Stranger7814@reddit
Hey everyone! OP is a phony!
lKaosll@reddit
Me thinks the lady doth protest too much
darxide23@reddit
No, it's not his Concord. Sorry for any confusion.
TerpBE@reddit
No, it's his Concorde.
New-Sky-9867@reddit
It's his Concorde though
Available_Sir5168@reddit
I fucking knew it! What a fraud!
nmk44@reddit
Not Penny's boat
connorcam@reddit
See you in another life brotha
W00DERS0N60@reddit
The Constant is the hardest I've ever cried for a TV show.
nicerob2011@reddit
Charlie!
jerrymatcat@reddit
You know, one of the little statues? He says he found it in the jungle.
rnavstar@reddit
No, it’s mine
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
No not my pic
Hoppy-pup@reddit
So this ship is yours, then?
sillyaviator@reddit
No the Concord is his
crawlerz2468@reddit
Joke's on him. They aren't profitable!
damienjarvo@reddit
See the red planes? Those aren’t his.
SerLaron@reddit
Right, they belonged to Liz.
Pangea_Ultima@reddit
What about the sea? Whose sea is that? You can’t tell me it’s not his…
Count_Rugens_Finger@reddit
it's nobody's water... it's God's water
PAHoarderHelp@reddit
I think that’s in the American Channel between England and France.
YourMomsAnonymous@reddit
Please refrain from typing out the full names of Airbus nations, children view this sub.
Vau8@reddit
And this, Sir, is an underrated comment.
sillyaviator@reddit
Red is such a stupid color. White planes are where it's at 💪💪
Astraxx2020@reddit
Bare metal.
Aeonarx@reddit
Red goes faster.
Go_Loud762@reddit
And they have stripes. Even more faster.
Rogue_Synapse@reddit
They're white stripes too
MyAssDoesHeeHawww@reddit
Real pilots always carry a hammer so they can put it down.
jello_sweaters@reddit
The hammer is used to make speed holes.
They make the ~~car~~ plane go faster.
CptnHamburgers@reddit
Waaaaaagh?
atomicmoose762@reddit
Cost more to insure
sillyaviator@reddit
Only if you're under 25
Poshcroc@reddit
reddit is such a stupid color
sillyaviator@reddit
That color blew
Butterscotch1664@reddit
But racist.
byebybuy@reddit
They're racing?
vertigo_effect@reddit
Racism approved.
glorykiller6969@reddit
The ship AND the Concorde are yours? Wow, colour me impressed!
blindfoldedbadgers@reddit
What colour is impressed? I can’t find that in the box of crayons.
glorykiller6969@reddit
Gotta buy the expansion pack. It's limited edition.
sillyaviator@reddit
They double as snacks too
jello_sweaters@reddit
Oorah.
Hovdizzle@reddit
You guys have any jalapeño cheese or Elmers glue to pair with these crayons?
AnalBlaster700XL@reddit
Her captain is probably calling her his ship, so it is a ship as well.
kiwidude4@reddit
Answer us you rich fuck
Initial-Yogurt7571@reddit
Smh r/humblebrag
pewpewledeux@reddit
Not anymore.
CellsReinvent@reddit
No. He's squadron leader.
Own-Diver174@reddit
Is it even your account?
josh6499@reddit
Why would anyone think this is your pic?
SandorMate@reddit
r/woosh
secretporbaltaccount@reddit
But the ship?...
rostov007@reddit
We’re in dangling modifier patrol
Paracausality@reddit
No, it's not his Concord. duh
HonestGiraffe@reddit
No, what they’re saying is that it is a ship, rather than a mine.
richsu@reddit
Kinda shitty to post pictures of things you sont own OP.
Buy Queen Elisabeth 2, a Concorde and 9 training jets, then you can post here.
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Ye im so sorry
gymnastgrrl@reddit
No reason to apologize to Mr. West.
MaryBerrysDanglyBean@reddit
They're the red arrows. Not training jets, but for aerobatic displays
richsu@reddit
Still training jets though, which is what the red arrows fly in this picture. 😉
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Systems_Hawk
DrewOH816@reddit
I hear the USS United States is available for purchase, Concorde's not so much...
eddestra@reddit
This guy doesn’t even own a ship!
StepAlarmed20@reddit
Ich habe kein viele flugzeuge
LostInDinosaurWorld@reddit
Has anyone seen my ship? 🤔
llynglas@reddit
Queen Elizabeth II
spideygene@reddit
Not his Concord
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bubba1834@reddit
It’s not Penny’s boat either
GKT0077@reddit
Hahahaha I laughed at this way too much
battlecryarms@reddit
I read it this way too
Aktrick@reddit
Which one is yours
Omychron@reddit
That “a ship” is the QE2.
interwebzdotnet@reddit
So it's the queens ship, like OP said, it's not his.
Vau8@reddit
Nah, she's just QE2, not HMS.
Harachel@reddit
To be pedantic, HMS is only for Royal Navy ships. Queen Elizabeth 2 is a Royal Mail Ship (RMS).
Vau8@reddit
:)
wlonkly@reddit
No, QE2 is the ship, or the queen, but not the queen's ship.
AccountNumber478@reddit
Reddit should at least demand OP showcase his own ship and not some dead lady's.
benchley@reddit
Is the the line to claim OP's dead lady's ship?
camwow13@reddit
Kids these days not knowing their ocean liners (not cruise ships) smh
MyDudeSR@reddit
They need to give our friend Mike Brady a visit.
Training-Back-770@reddit
What a reference, dude! Ha!
SyrusDrake@reddit
I was fortunate enough to embark on her younger sister, Queen Mary 2, many years ago. The crew made it very clear she's an ocean liner and not a cruise ship.
camwow13@reddit
That would be super fun, hope to do that one day. The last ocean liner! Hopefully they make another whenever they retire her in the far flung future.
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Oh ty
S1075@reddit
How do you know their name is Ty?
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
No im just thanking i had no idea what the ship was
PAHoarderHelp@reddit
Going to the hospital ?
What is it?
b_e_a_n_i_e@reddit
That's not important right now
zack397241@reddit
A ship is a vessel larger than a boat for transporting people or goods by sea
insomnimax_99@reddit
…over water.
Submarines are boats irrespective of size.
9035768555@reddit
If subs are boats, helicopters should be cars.
The_wolf2014@reddit
Surely you can't be serious?
CaulkusAurelis@reddit
Thanks Ty
Yeah_i_suppose@reddit
Bro who’s Ty?
HexAbraxas@reddit
Ty Segall?
Spin737@reddit
It’s Queen Ty’s ship.
peteonrails@reddit
Ty is helpful. We should all be like Ty.
CaulkusAurelis@reddit
My guy Ty
woozle618@reddit
Ty makes Beanie Babies
Tydozer_@reddit
Can confirm I make beanie babies
woozle618@reddit
Ty for confirming, Ty.
Omychron@reddit
I am. Try to keep up.
pissy_corn_flakes@reddit
How do we know that isn’t the boat?
jumpy_finale@reddit
Because you can't land on it and it doesn't submerge
ban-please@reddit
What do you call a little ship then?
Ciordad@reddit
But that’s not important right now.
PAHoarderHelp@reddit
Good luck! All of us on the Concorde are counting on you!
notimeleft4you@reddit
It that’s not important right now.
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
👍
nomadingwildshape@reddit
I can't tell if you're autistic or in on the satire
Spin737@reddit
Wait, the Queen’s name is Ty?
Libelnon@reddit
And the "escort" is the Red Arrows display team.
SyrusDrake@reddit
Yea, that's about the same level as titling it "some planes fly over the QE2".
The disrespect 😅
Echo_are_one@reddit
Creating the ultimate British trifecta. Throw in a Spitfire and a nation swoons.
anomalkingdom@reddit
QE2D2, the Boncorde and Led Barrows
alghiorso@reddit
And they call it "a mine" A MINE!
itsaride@reddit
Thanks, saved me a barrage of insults.
herigor@reddit
Not anymore , new name : Charles III ship
jello_sweaters@reddit
And those "RAF" are the Red Arrows.
Laffenor@reddit
So now we know OP is not Carnival Corporation & plc.
rectanguloid666@reddit
Don’t touch that ship!
Red_Pretense_1989@reddit
Not my ship either..
IngloBlasto@reddit
Why only the 4 of escorting jets have trails?
Thesinistral@reddit
It’s just smoke, not actual contrails. They don’t want to block the Concorde pilot’s vision
Psychological-Air807@reddit
The ship isn’t yours or the Concorde?
vlan2k@reddit
Whose ship is it, then?
Immediate-Spite-5905@reddit
What's crazy is that the Concorde is actually twice as fast than the Red Arrows
Kijjy@reddit
No your concord, not your ship, or not your RAF?
Fhugem@reddit
Looks like the only thing missing from this photo is a flying tea kettle! ☕✈️
ginleygridone@reddit
Wouldn’t that make for a bumpy ride flying in their wake?
PathRootz@reddit
A little more context like the date would have been nice.
Rush246810@reddit
Pity you don’t own the ship yet, but congratulations on owning everything else i n the photo! Thats amazing!
PM_ME__BIRD_PICS@reddit
I've seen British Airways posters of this image, its really cool.
jimbojsb@reddit
This reminds me of the same dynamic as heritage flights where a P51 is booking it and an F22 is nose up trying to stay flying.
Kataphractoi_@reddit
dude put (not OC) if the image isn't yours.
Savings_Ad7034@reddit
Not your ship? Dang...
ScottMarshall2409@reddit
My uncle used to work on that ship. Thank you for employing him, OP.
SniperPilot@reddit
Nah, it’s the Concorde that is escorting the RAF birds.
KillroysGhost@reddit
Bro “a ship??”
Any-Literature-7834@reddit
"(not mine)"
yxzxzxzjy@reddit
"can you do that again my camera was off"
Top7DASLAMA@reddit
I hope the Concorde is your though
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Nothing is mine
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
I dunno where it came from tbh
barrygateaux@reddit
well, Concorde was a joint Anglo-French project, developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale) in France and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) in the UK, with both countries sharing resources and risks in its design, development, and manufacture, so that particular one could of come from either Britain or France.
Several_Show937@reddit
How zen.
taint_tattoo@reddit
I ,too, have an ex wife.
C0n5p1racy@reddit
Even your username was replaced
Schnitzelschlag@reddit
Fear not international waters belong to us all.
YU_AKI@reddit
Fear belongs to us all, but not international waters?
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Oh thank god
S1075@reddit
The memories are yours. Never let them take those away.
GrumpyOik@reddit
Not even one of the Red Arrows?
ThirtyMileSniper@reddit
Was your ship in the wrong place at the wrong time?
W00DERS0N60@reddit
"A ship"
gogstars@reddit
Concorde has the same number and base design of engines as HMS Invincible (aircraft carrier) of the same time period (yes, seriously, they both used 4 Olympus turbine engines).
Takes a lot of energy to force something up past the sound barrier.
ell_wood@reddit
My old man, Ex-RAF, was involved in getting this picture. He was not a pilot but a supply officer and was part of the planning team. One of his besties was a Red Arrows pilot.
By all account - the 'window' for this shot was very very small indeed. To get all of the elements lined up was tricky enough given relative speeds/locations/capabilities of the various things, but to do it on a clear day and with another plane (the one with the camera) was entertaining to say the least.
I seem to remember the full version also had a train in it in the foreground - but maybe my memory playing tricks with me.
He has had a copy of it on his toilet wall for as long as I can remember.
rycklikesburritos@reddit
Wait, why are there contrails from only 4 of the planes?
cougar0508@reddit
It’s smoke
rycklikesburritos@reddit
It's it just for visual effect?
cougar0508@reddit
Yeah, the red arrows use red, white and blue smoke
rycklikesburritos@reddit
Ohhh, neat. Thanks!
NZRSteamSniffer@reddit
The ship is the gorgeous Queen Elizabeth II.
Total-Improvement535@reddit
Crazy how far we went with transport in the course of about 50 years, only to be stagnant 50 years later.
TheBestAtWriting@reddit
i saw this post and then i said "hey, the wording in that makes it sound like he's specifying it's not his ship, i should respond gently mocking him" and then i saw there were 292 other responses so i said "someone probably made my joke already, but i'll take a look to be sure", and then i took a look and saw that roughly 50% of the responses were the exact same joke. so i'm curious, sociologically, why everyone feels compelled to make the joke that's already been made.
also, while we can reasonably assume that the concorde isn't flying over a mine, since the mine would be underwater there's no way you can state that definitively
gmfthelp@reddit
You mean the QE2?
AddictiveMeatball44@reddit
well if its not your ship i suppose the concorde is yours then?
UnbundleTheGrundle@reddit
You should have chosen the mystery box
a_scientific_force@reddit
“A ship.” I suppose that’s technically not incorrect.
Ruby_and_Hattie@reddit
G-BOAG returns to flight and flies with Red Arrows & the QEII, 25th April 1985
An amazing shot considering how long ago this was.
Red 11 carried Arthur Gibson the photographer and was flown by Ray Thilthorpe.
OUsnr7@reddit
It’s clearly below a ship
Mindslicer6@reddit
"On the 2nd May 1969, QE2 departed for her maiden voyage. This was also the same year as Concorde's first flight. This iconic image of Concorde, Royal Air Force, RAF Red Arrows and QE2 was hailed as 'the photograph of the century'."
Constant-Estate3065@reddit
Build a Concorde, build a QE11, invite the chaps from the Red Arrows to do a bloody good fly past, take a bloody good photo and celebrate with tea and crumpets. Jolly good.
RevoltingHuman@reddit
This is not from that date, however. At launch, the QE2 had a slimmer white funnel.
The Red Arrows only started using Hawks in 1980 and British Airways didn't exist until 1974, with Concordes not entering passenger service until 1976.
DietCherrySoda@reddit
Lol photograph of the century...
Cool photo? Sure. Probably not the photograph of the month, though.
Mindslicer6@reddit
Yeah like I said to another commenter, this is just the info I found about it when doing a reverse image search. Not my personal take on the photo.
ParticularCod6@reddit
On July 20th 1969 (so a couple months later) would be the moon landing. I would say that's more apt for "photograph of the century"
Mindslicer6@reddit
Oh I agree, this is just what I found when Google reverse image searched
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Ohhhh thats why it looks so majestic
vertigo_effect@reddit
No. Her majesty is the Queen.
C0n5p1racy@reddit
Not anymore.
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
I agree bruc
willworkforicecream@reddit
Any ship is a mine if you fuel it wrong enough and park it in the way of other ships.
Pat0san@reddit
Lol - I have this exact picture, framed, and with the signatures of all the pilots below the image.
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
GODDAMN
Pat0san@reddit
Here is a link (and the glass needs a bit of a clean): https://imgur.com/a/8ImgjQR
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
I wish i had that
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
That is so cool and tbh i just searched up concorde grtting escorted on google and scrolled a lil to find this pic just to get some upvoted
COmarmot@reddit
Wouldn’t this ‘escort’ fleet destroy the laminar flow for the concord? I get they are breaking the wind which is fuel efficient for the concord, but still, lift requires laminar flow.
EndlessExploration@reddit
Parent Trap taught me more than I realized about the British
thedingerzout@reddit
Ship is the QE2 from Cunard lines, the last true transatlantic
MedianGuy85@reddit
Wow, I had no idea the Concorde was practically the same size as a cruise ship!?!
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
I mean its long as a pencil
aa599@reddit
One more time ... this cow is small, but that one is far away.
dpaanlka@reddit
“a ship” lol
Gabo-216@reddit
Then whose ship is it?
FruitOrchards@reddit
Everything in this picture is British.
Raumteufel@reddit
Good catch, no dentist on the QE.
FruitOrchards@reddit
And a non compromised government.
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Very precise my good sir
WelcomeWagoneer@reddit
How do you know they're a man?
GITS75@reddit
Must protest saying Concorde is entirely Brit 😅
FruitOrchards@reddit
Concorde is a British and french aircraft ofc 🇬🇧🇫🇷
Freddan_81@reddit
The Hawk too, sort of…
FruitOrchards@reddit
Sort of... It wasn't initially made for that aircraft and is more just an off the shelf component. Wouldn't really say it's a french aircraft though.
BB-68@reddit
That's not the British Ocean
blindfoldedbadgers@reddit
According to this it is.
FruitOrchards@reddit
It used to be.
aw_goatley@reddit
Extremely British Photograph Innit
BeanieManPresents@reddit
Yeah it's not my ship either.
jobfedron132@reddit
I was going to say, nice choice in ships.
SparrowTits@reddit
Photographed from a Canberra
Sorry Sophie
Astraxx2020@reddit
Photographed from a Canberra?
smsmkiwi@reddit
Probably the QE2.
theanointedduck@reddit
Ok ... so what do you own in the pic then???
5YNTH3T1K@reddit
so we have not my ship now ?
Positive_Carpenter27@reddit
It’s actually mine, all of it
_noobwars_@reddit
The ship is beyond the environment where the front didnt fell off.
Master_Xenu@reddit
(not mine) (no shit)
Ludw1gVon@reddit
Not Penny’s Boat
Southern_Relation123@reddit
Queen Elizabeth II with the RAF followed by a plane
pasharadich@reddit
Guys I think that’s not his ship
Interesting-Data-266@reddit
Just to think there are probably UFO photos of this quality out there but just hidden. Beautiful photo tho
CilanEAmber@reddit
Which ship is it. I wanna say it's one of the Queens.
zk-cessnaguy@reddit
QE2
DufflesBNA@reddit
Time frame checks out. Qm2 was probably too late for this.
CilanEAmber@reddit
I thought so.
Carbon-Base@reddit
Fun fact: The Concorde (2,179 km/h) has a maximum speed almost two times greater than the Folland Fo.144 Gnat (1,120 km/h) the Red Arrows are using in this picture!
zk-cessnaguy@reddit
Those are BAe Hawks, the Gnat’s.replacement.
Carbon-Base@reddit
Yup, updated. I didn't realize the picture wasn't taken during the maiden Concorde & QE2 voyages.
Distantstallion@reddit
Like Tiny Temper, "I'm pissed I never got to fly on a concorde"
MidCathedral@reddit
I was just on a flight out of Heathrow and saw the Concorde parked there near some hangers. Had no idea it was there, really surprised me to see it.
BreadstickNICK@reddit
This picture is fucking badass!!!! There’s a few more photos of the Red Arrows escorting other craft but none are this cool.
lordtema@reddit
And not only escorted by the RAF but by arguably one of the most iconic display teams in the world, the Red Arrows!
Carbon-Base@reddit
Are the Red Arrows piloting Hawk T1s in this picture?
Freddan_81@reddit
Yes.
Carbon-Base@reddit
The Hawks were introduced to the RAF in the late 70s though.
Freddan_81@reddit
Yes, so? The Reds have flown Hawks since 1979.
Carbon-Base@reddit
If this is the maiden voyage of the QEII and maiden flight of the Concorde, then this picture would have been taken in 1969-1970. That's about a decade before the Hawks were flown by the Reds.
I'm thinking the Reds are flying the Folland Gnats here. What do you think?
Freddan_81@reddit
That it isn’t the maiden Voyage of QE2.
According to this site the photo was taken in 1985. Well into the Hawk era.
Carbon-Base@reddit
Ah gotcha, thanks for clearing that up!
Freddan_81@reddit
Also, look at the white trim along the fuselage. It is visible above the wings. The Hawk got a low wing, the Gnat got a high wing…
If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck…we have to at least consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the anatidae family at our hands…
Or in this case, a Hawk.
Carbon-Base@reddit
Haha, true that!
Yeah, I didn't even look at the picture. I was trying to match the dates up, hence the confusion.
Now that you mention it, the nose and cockpit are more blunted and abrupt in the picture which is in-line with a Hawk. The nose of a Gnat is more conical and straight.
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Yeah its rlly a cool and once in a life time photo
Hungryweeb-sg@reddit
If that ship was yours, you would own a ship!
sillyaviator@reddit
I want a escort
Crome6768@reddit
Used to be a lot easier to find em back before we binned off the phone booths. They weren't all as acrobatic as this lot though.
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Just break into a military base and steal a fighte jet
sillyaviator@reddit
Do I give it to the escort?
rocketshipkiwi@reddit
Yes, just like Richard Gere did in Pretty Woman
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Just break in and steal a jet trust me there will be more than 10 escorts
Ok-Bench9164@reddit
Not my ship either
doggmananv@reddit
I don’t think any of us thought you have ship money.
lo_fi_ho@reddit
Not your ship? Or your concorde?
DataPhreak@reddit
Not your ship, or not your concorde?
Helpful-Bear-1755@reddit
Thank you for clarifying. I thought you were the owner of the ship.
Pretty-Sport-2691@reddit
That's my ship
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Thats his ship
KinksAreForKeds@reddit
I too want this man's ship.
-HeyYou-@reddit
Until the front falls off.
KinksAreForKeds@reddit
That's not very typical, I'd like to make that point.
peteonrails@reddit
How is it un-typical?
KinksAreForKeds@reddit
Well some of them are built so the front doesn't fall off at all.
DarkwingDuckHunt@reddit
How do you know it wasn't designed for the front to fall off?
aHeadFullofMoonlight@reddit
Well if that were to happen, the ship could simply be towed out of the environment
KinksAreForKeds@reddit
Into another environment?
aHeadFullofMoonlight@reddit
No, no, towed beyond the environment, that way it’s no longer in an environment, there’s nothing there.
Peregrine_89@reddit
OK than I'll claim the Concorde
kaptain_sparty@reddit
OUR ship comrade
Jonny_Entropy@reddit
That's not your Concorde?
02nz@reddit
That’s a totally fake pic. In any real picture taken from that perspective, the ship would look tiny.
practicalcabinet@reddit
The ship is big, and Concorde isn't at cruising altitude.
QE2: 963ft
Concorde: 202ft
If Concorde was at 2000ft ASL, the camera plane would only need to be at about 2400ft, to make them look similar size as they are in the photo, if my maths is correct. (I'm assuming QE2 is at roughly sea level.)
PAHoarderHelp@reddit
I think it’s probably at sea level?
Or pretty close.
Also, it’s not OP’s sea, or level.
memeboiandy@reddit
I would love to know if the fly by and picture with QE2 was intentional or not. I feel like it would have had to be, but trying to arrange to get the escort, concord, AND qe2 in one picture with the weather calm and clear enough must have been a struggle
shiftyjku@reddit
I believe at one time Cunard and BA had a joint promo.
memeboiandy@reddit
ok thats really cool
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
I think it was
Pristine_Math_8782@reddit
Of course the Ship is not yours, it costs billions of dollars
hardware1197@reddit
It’s not your ship or not your Concorde?
ClintonLewinsky@reddit
I have this on a postcard somewhere
Free_Crab_8181@reddit
I think that's the QM2.
ElioArryn@reddit
that’s her older cousin the qe2
Free_Crab_8181@reddit
Ah I couldn't quite tell. I should know really, I used to live in Southampton, got a few photos of both!
ScentedCandles14@reddit
Wonder what AoA the Concorde is flying with here.
redditsuxl8ly@reddit
Thank you for saying that's not your ship, because that is MY ship!
blumhagen@reddit
Escorted by trainer jets lol.
broberds@reddit
Can confirm. The QE2 does not belong to OP.
__Patrick_Basedman_@reddit
The Concorde is itching to go faster
HAXAD2005@reddit
Queen Lizzie 2!!!
Awesome pic!
ShiroHachiRoku@reddit
Escorted by the Red Arrows next to the QE2.
Nefariousd7@reddit
I thought everyone owned a ship. Loser! /s
Spaff_in_your_ear@reddit
Not my ship either.
Wilted858@reddit
So what, you don't own the ship that is shocking
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
I used to until gorlock the destroyer jumped on the ship it was never seen again 😑
Wilted858@reddit
4hats a sad story
webbhare1@reddit
Owning more than 1 hat is not considered as sad actually
KarmaliteNone@reddit
Back in the days of the old/orig QE2 you got a discount flight on the Concorde (special promotion) if you sailed NYC to UK. My Concorde ticket fare said it was over $3K but all I paid was $275 in addition to the QE2 price. I think BA and Cunard were owned by the same company or something. Best flight ever!
Formal-Ad678@reddit
Can't get more bri'ish the that....Concorde, the Queen Elisabeth 2 and the Red arrows
the4ner@reddit
Everyone in this picture is probably crisp T british
DifferentTrain2113@reddit
"a ship" !!!!!!
Sprintzer@reddit
Apparently that ship, the QE2, is now a floating hotel in Dubai
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Oh well it wasnt backbthen
Reprexain@reddit
Damn I thought it was your ship
VictorSirk@reddit
Rule Britannia (Bass Boosted) plays loudly
Android_slag@reddit
No one thinking of Mr Gibson taking the photo through the canopy of another hawk, on wet film so had to consider the camera settings manually etc.... can't say one shot as they apparently did several circuits but couldn't even check until developing the film.
pissy_corn_flakes@reddit
That’s my ship
AlphaMunchy@reddit
I took this photo whilst stood on Southend Pier
Infamous-Cable9534@reddit
Did you walk or get the train to the end
AlphaMunchy@reddit
Concorde dropped me off actually
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Sooo this is ur photo?
rodc22@reddit
Some planes flying over a boat
TexasBrett@reddit
A ship?
discombobulated38x@reddit
"Concorde" "the RAF" "A ship"
Concorde and the Red Arrows acrobatic display team perform a flyby of the QE2, in celebration of the iconic pinnacle of British luxury travel - a six night cruise to New York, three nights in the Astoria hotel, and then a flight back to Heathrow on Concorde.
Literally as luxury as a week's holiday gets.
My dad always regrets not getting us tickets for this journey before Concorde was retired.
When the QE2 retirement was announced he promptly booked us on a cruise.
You haven't lived until you've had steak and carbonara delivered to your room at 4am for free.
Vakua_Lupo@reddit
Nice Pic.
timbea12@reddit
I would be more impressed if this was yours 😂
sudden-arboreal-stop@reddit
What do you mean you don't own that ship. How dare you
ExternalSignal2770@reddit
hey that’s my ship
Long-Replacement6091@reddit (OP)
Nah preety sport owns it bcs he a fish
NormalEscape8976@reddit
mythical photo
villefilho@reddit
is it about the tortoise and the ship fable?