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Photo submitted by steve263.
Camera: Nikon D40
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 | Sun, 17 Dec 2006 15:47:14 CST |
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| Concorde |
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| If you knew how high I had to climb to take this photo..... I was out of puff up there and had to catch my breath before I could take it. But what a incredible thing, a real piece of aircraft art. |
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| Darren |
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The Concorde was the only airline that could cruise in an altitude of 60,000 feet, so of course it required you to do a little climb yourself 
Unfortunately the only place we will be seeing the Concorde are in museums, after the horrible accident with Air France Flight 4590, and of course the followup on its delta wing, which grounded the Concorde for life.
Thanks for sharing a tribute to one of the most advance commercial jets in our history. I personally got a litte monument of it standing on my computer monitor. I am sure Michael Jackson, Kylie Minogue and many other stars have touched it  but now it's mine....mine I tell you, lol  |
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| ParaMan |
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Great to see this fabulous aircraft again. I've seen it take off and land many at time, while I was living with my Grand-mother, whilst waiting to be accepted to join the army. Gran and Heathrow were virtually neighbours for many years. She most likely saw concordes maiden-flight and the landing to end an era. Hopefully one day, there will again be super-sonic passenger-flights, if and when scientists can find a safe and econommical way to fly passengers around the world at super-sonic speeds. |
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| Paddy |
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Yet another interesting angle on the aircraft. It is indeed sad that the acident did so much damage to Concorde. It has to be said though that other types have crashed without being withdrawn so quickly. I think it is amazing how many extreme stress miles these aircraft have flown with only the one crash. |
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| steve263 |
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I think, as many thousands do, that this is probably the most beautiful passenger aircraft ever built. To see it take of and land was a joy, as she was just made for the sky. A massive shame that it did not continue, but only so many people could afford the huge price of flying in it, and finally the accident in France was the death knoll for this lovely aircraft. |
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Thank you steve263 for your participation at the photo blogs. |
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