I was not a BAE employee , I was an external consultant working on the design and commissioning of a new R&D facility.
Interesting place, we used to wander through various departments including Rolls Royce Engines on the way to the tea/coffee machine! No one ever questioned us.
A bit āmodernā then, 
. Iāve always been āMarconi Spaceā via many name changes to Airbus Def. & Space.
Edit: looks like Iāve managed to delete a postā¦ā¦old age & stupidity. To anyone reading this thread Iād asked Roog whether he was a BAC chap (British Aircraft Corporation)
You have seen this little Concorde at Heathrow? Itās that?
Yes, you are right. I didnāt knew, before posting, that it was a common work. Discovered with that thread, after first Gazza post.
I wonder why they didnāt built together ( french and brits) a Concorde 2. Could have been a success. But apparently the Concorde was very expensive to maintain, if I remember well.
I think the next āconcordā was the Airbusā¦
Nope, seen the real ones. Compared to the big wide-bodies, Concordes were small - but still the most beautiful airplane, bar none!
Too expensive to keep running and the āmericans wouldnāt let it land in their cities, ācos they didnāt have one first. 
Having been brought up in Bristol we had got used to seeing early prototype Concord flying about. BAC and Rolls Royce were the two places to aspire to get an apprenticeship on leaving school. Many of my friends went this route.
I did get a sponsored place a uni with BAE, but ultimately went with an offer from a āregularā industrial manufacturer which stood me in good stead.
Right on!!!
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Fabulous aircraft, we used to live in London and it was a thrill to see it flying in and out of Heathrow. Always new it was Concorde, louder and distinct sound. Last time we saw it was at JFK, we were flying out in something much more ordinary.
My wife chanced to see one of its last flights. She was in Edinburgh for an IT Directorsā Conference, and as luck would have it was up on the castle walls when it flew pastā¦ā¦lucky, lucky ****************!
I also remember seeing Concorde on its last flight into Filton (2003 I think) from the vantage point of Brandon Hill in Bristol. I worked very nearby at the time.
Lived on the edge of Reading for a while. Twice daily overhead 7:30 ish am and 16:00 ish pm I think. Distinctive, loud, and impressive. Lovely thing. I was booked on an out and back Iceland flight but I cancelled due to a work emergency. A couple of months the crash happened and that was my chance gone. I did get a nice wall poster as compensation and money back but not quiet the same.
Bleeding noisy thing mind, working in Reading in the 90ās we would halt our site meetings until it passed over! Everyday at 11am I think.
Blimey! Where do you even start with that?
My wife used to say the same thing - she was working at DEC at that time.
You wander outside and marvel at the ātriumph of engineering over common senseā!
Wow, small world. DEC was the reason I went to Reading, first out at Winnersh, then DEC park.