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Concorde! on BBC2 now
"Stimpy" wrote:
John Rowland wrote: Does anyone else remember everyone in the school playground pointing up and shouting "Concorde" whenever it went over? Do kids still do that? I still do.... at age 42 :-))) My kids always seem so much more blase about it So do I... When I flew out of Heathrow last month I stayed in a hotel overnight; went for a walk along the A4 (scenic!) whilst observing takeoffs from the northern runway... at one stage the noise was so loud I was thinking "what's going on?", turned, and waited for the place to climb above the line of trees and/or buildings and lo! it was Concorde! -- James Farrar | London, SE13 | |
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Concorde! on BBC2 now
So when is the final flight from or to London? And where do I stand? -- John Rowland - Spamtrapped Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001 http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood. That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line - It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes |
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Concorde! on BBC2 now
Once upon a time -- around about 10/19/03 16:07 --
possibly wrote: So when is the final flight from or to London? And where do I stand? Final arrival is 24 Oct forever. Three Concordes will arrive 90 seconds apart, taxi to the maintenance bay for a special retirement ceremony. See concordesst.com -- E -- "Not all men are fools. Some are bachelors." -- Anon |
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Concorde! on BBC2 now
CMOT TMPV wrote in message t... Once upon a time -- around about 10/19/03 16:07 -- possibly wrote: So when is the final flight from or to London? And where do I stand? Final arrival is 24 Oct forever. Three Concordes will arrive 90 seconds apart, taxi to the maintenance bay for a special retirement ceremony. See concordesst.com -- E -- I think it would be fantastic if they could store a Concorde in T5, seems a bit odd but hey! Heathrow is the home for Concorde :-) daveF |
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Concorde! on BBC2 now
dave F wrote:
I think it would be fantastic if they could store a Concorde in T5, seems a bit odd but hey! Heathrow is the home for Concorde :-) Nooooo... Filton is the home of Concorde. They were born there and those that don't survive will, no doubt, go there to die |
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Concorde! on BBC2 now
Stimpy wrote:
dave F wrote: I think it would be fantastic if they could store a Concorde in T5, seems a bit odd but hey! Heathrow is the home for Concorde :-) Nooooo... Filton is the home of Concorde. They were born there and those that don't survive will, no doubt, go there to die And...the only chance of keeping at least 1 Concorde flying for special occasions will be if they do retire one at Filton where they've got the people and facilities there to service her. Does anyone know if BA have officially announced the retirement plans yet? |
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Concorde! on BBC2 now
Stevie wrote:
Nooooo... Filton is the home of Concorde. They were born there and those that don't survive will, no doubt, go there to die And...the only chance of keeping at least 1 Concorde flying for special occasions will be if they do retire one at Filton where they've got the people and facilities there to service her. Does anyone know if BA have officially announced the retirement plans yet? http://www.concordesst.com/retire/diary.html seems to have a comprehensive 'diary' of events. It appears from there that the 'last ever' flight will be G-BOAF from Heathrow to Filton on Nov 17th although the 'real' retirement will be on October 24th when 3 Concordes land at LHR at 90 second intervals. |
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Concorde! on BBC2 now
"dave F" wrote in message ...
I think it would be fantastic if they could store a Concorde in T5, seems a bit odd but hey! Heathrow is the home for Concorde :-) They could put a real one in front of the main tunnel entrance instead of the model? Henry |
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Concorde! on BBC2 now
"Henry Nebrensky" wrote in message om... "dave F" wrote in message ... I think it would be fantastic if they could store a Concorde in T5, seems a bit odd but hey! Heathrow is the home for Concorde :-) They could put a real one in front of the main tunnel entrance instead of the model? Perhaps that is the plan for disposing of the two non-flying Concordes (G-BOAA and G-BOAB). The five flying examples have had their future homes revealed but there has not yet been an announcement about the disposal of these two. As they are not in a position to be flown out, perhaps one might yet find itself in a display position at Heathrow. |
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Concorde! on BBC2 now
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:35:24 -0700, Henry Nebrensky wrote:
They could put a real one in front of the main tunnel entrance instead of the model? Stacked with enough fuel and an elastic launch band to lift off from it's standing position without a runway? That would be cool. mind you, Concorde is cool. Blair can be in Washington in 4 hours, but it takes Bush 6 to get here, just shows how much better the UK is. One (Two) of them should be kept as a UK "Air Force One", the cost is minimal, the prestige is high, and of course the leader (no matter how incompetent) of our country deserves something decent to travel on, save Prescott be in charge for a few hours |
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