A bloody shame this magnificient aircraft was retired. It is still at the peak of human achievements in aviation, together with the SR-71 and XB-70. And they are all more than 40 years old...
Last words say it all. "Cheerio" from the US controller, and "Have a nice day" from Capt. Mike Bannister.
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
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#3535465 - 03/09/1202:46 PMRe: Last Concorde ATC communications with JFK
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There's a Concorde on permanent display at the USS Intrepid museum in NYC. I was there 2 years ago and took the tour and I was shocked to see how small the cockpit was!
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#3535474 - 03/09/1202:59 PMRe: Last Concorde ATC communications with JFK
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I was too when I first went on board one, you had better not suffer from clostraphobia if you fly Concorde!
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#3535477 - 03/09/1203:03 PMRe: Last Concorde ATC communications with JFK
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Originally Posted By: Alicatt
I was too when I first went on board one, you had better not suffer from clostraphobia if you fly Concorde!
Yeah, the passenger seats were tiny too. I guess people were that much smaller just 40 years ago? LOL
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#3535895 - 03/10/1207:55 AMRe: Last Concorde ATC communications with JFK
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I saw one in Paris a few years ago. What a graceful aircraft. It seemed to be going Mach 1.78 while standing still.
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#3535905 - 03/10/1208:16 AMRe: Last Concorde ATC communications with JFK
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I love how all other jets at JFK ask for a hold in their current position to watch the takeoff
Has anyone here flown on a Concorde?
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
