I loved this plane when I was a kid, had little models of it and everything. Remember my Grandma took me to Manchester Airport and we seen one take off. Wow I wont be surprised if I end up with bad hearing in my later life but it was worth it.
Honestly what a huge airframe to be traveling those speeds. Wish I’d had a chance to fly on one of these. To connect civilians in the world that quickly at its time of introduction must have inspired a generation of aviators and engineers.
Love the double booms. Don't ask me to explain the physics involved, but sonic booms on aircraft always occur in pairs. One off the nose of the aircraft and a second one that occurs off the tail of the aircraft.
I first saw Concorde (the French one) on a school trip to Paris in 1970, parked on the tarmac at Orli Airport. They were still undergoing tests at that time. We just stood there staring at it through the security fence, gobsmacked! 😲It looked like something from Thunderbirds but it was REAL!😃😃👍👍 The envy of the aviation world in it's day.
At the beginning of the Paris-Rio route, the Concorde had the bad habit of breaking the sound barrier over France (twice a day!). Following repeated complaints, Air France decided to pass the sound barrier only over the Atlantic.
C'était la belle époque sans #UE de merde... La vie n'était pas chère... Mais gardons espoir espoir l'#UE de merde va disparaître et les prix vont revenir à 1950... Bees Buzz...
