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Subject: Re: [OM] Photographing the Concorde in the UK before it's too late....
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:49:50 +0100
That must have been quite a spectacle.... overdone, but wonderful nevertheless ;-)

Chris

On Tuesday, Jul 22, 2003, at 23:28 Europe/London, Gary M. Teller wrote:

All this talk about the pending demise of the Concordes reminded me of the time, in the early 80's, that a BA and an AF Concorde made a simultaneous landing on parallel runways at the Orlando, Florida airport. They were part of the events celebrating the opening of Disney's Epcot Center. Supposedly there had never before been a simultaneous landing by this plane. The Customs agent on duty allowed me and my co-workers out on the tarmac so we could get a better view. The sight of those planes coming in was something to behold. Seeing those distinctive shapes I couldn't help but thinking if any plane was designed to truly fly, this/these were it. Somewhere in my archives I've got photos of the landing and, I think, the simultaneous departure a day or two later. I haven't seen the Concorde since and am a bit saddened to see them go out of service.
Gary
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