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I Love This Photo
I love the photo, but struggle to believe that the last BA flight was October 2003!
Time flies.
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I filmed her maiden flight from Filton We were living in Winterbourne in the late '60s, we often used to see the Vulcans they used for engine testing come over our house I filmed her last flight over Brunel,s Suspension bridge in Bristol Yep, so did I! Quite an occasion, wasn't it?
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I'm a bit late to this thread, currently 'away from it all' on the Cornish North coast back to reality on Saturday. I was on the Concorde commercial team at BA managed 12 flights over the years including a trip to Barbados in the cockpit. She always was and always will be my favourite lady. Just beautiful.
Paul
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I know exactly where I was and what I was doing when the last flights landed at LHR.
on 2 April 1997 we flew to New York for our 20th wedding anniversary.
If it were possible we'd be ding the same on 2 April 2017 for our 40th.
Where did the last 20 years go? Peter I assume you mean that your wedding anniversary flight was before the final flight, as this was in October 2003. We were at Heathrow departing to the Seychelles for our 25th anniversary on 24th October . Our flight was announced as being delayed , which was greeted by an enormous cheer, (never heard that before or since!) as everyone rushed across the concourse to the other end to see the 3 Concordes landing. Spectacular and memorable sight. See http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-concorde-makes-its-final-flight Yes, 2 April 1997 was our flight, Captain Peter Horton. I have got the Aircraft Details somewhere. Also still got the "stuff", including the menu and...I stole the headphones. Sennheiser HD 25s...still good 20 years later!
Peter,
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No longer driving Tarka, the 2014 Plus 8...
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