I went to see it.
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So yes, I was a sad muppet and yesterday went to see Concorde for the last time, sniff sniff. It's going to be really strange when supersonic flight will no longer be available to regular (loaded) people. The great thing is that Concorde set a new record yesterday:
So yes, I was a sad muppet and yesterday went to see Concorde for the last time, sniff sniff. It's going to be really strange when supersonic flight will no longer be available to regular (loaded) people. The great thing is that Concorde set a new record yesterday:
Although it was delayed after a rejected Take-Off (caused by a re-heat failure) and a subsequent aircraft change at Heathrow, the north American tour flight to Boston looks set to enter the record books as the fastest transatlantic crossing going from East to West.
Concorde Alpha Delta, flown by Captain Adrian Thompson and Captain Mike Bannister landed in Boston on Wednesday in a record London-to-U.S. time of three hours, five minutes and 34 seconds, according to airline spokesman Jeff Angel.
The old record of three hours and nine minutes was set in 1974 on a flight from Paris to Boston, flew before the aircraft entered service on one of the development aircraft, Concorde 02 (F-WTSA)
The Concorde is visiting Boston as part of its North American farewell tour, which includes stops in Toronto last week, Washington next week.
British Airways (and Concorde G-BOAD!) now hold both the East-West and West-East transatlantic records, with the JFK-LHR record of 2hrs, 52mins and 59 seconds being set on the 7th of February 1996, by Captain Leslie Scott and his crew.
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