Reminds me that there have been a couple of occasions where I've seen
Concorde and not taken photos, which is a shame. At the millenium (New
Year 1999/2000 for pedants!), part of the general festivities included
Concorde flying over central London. Sadly, but not entirely
unexpectedly for mid-winter, low cloud meant that all we got on the
ground was the noise - but that was pretty awesome!
There was also a flyby as part of the Jubilee celebrations last year -
an impressive array of planes of various vintages, and Concorde in
formation with the Red Arrows. An amazing sight, but didn't have my
camera with me to record it. If I'd have known the end of the Concorde
era was only a couple of years distant I'd have made sure I had the OM-1
with me.
Roger
Brian Swale wrote:
Hi Roger et al,
I'd be a goer on this one if I could.
About 12 years ago Concorde did a few flights to New Zealand, and I went
out to the airport in Christchurch to watch the first one, from a suitable
roadside to the south. I had my two kids with me at the time; pre-teens, and
for a change I decided to spare them the usual spectacle of me
concentrating on photography. So I left camera and tripod at home.
I've kicked myself ever since about that. It was an absolutely beautiful clear
morning, wonderful light, and we were perfectly positioned for 300mm shots
as Concorde did a huge circle around us prior to landing.
That plane looked so graceful and elegant as it did the circle it did.
Later visits were not in such good weather or with such good timing (the first
was 11am, Saturday morning).
Brian
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