Concorde Twilight Takeoff (with visible afterburners)

Concorde taking off from runway 27L at Heathrow Airport at twilight in 2003 shortly before it was retired. Every day towards the end, hundreds of cars took up every available spot, parked up on the grass verge beside a busy dual-carriageway just for a chance to experience this a few more times before she was retired forever. You can hear some of their car-alarms going off towards the end and you may just make out the forward landing gear doors closing as she passes overhead. It was quite delayed in taking o