...And I was on duty in Bahrain, where we also flew on the pre-production model, while it was undergoing heat trials in the Gulf.
I was actually late in for my morning duty the following day, when it departed back to LL, because I stopped off at the post ofice (it opened very early) to buy a Concorde First Day Cover (which I still have).
While doing procedural Area Control in Tehran Centre, I also worked one of the first Air France Paris - Kish Island Concorde Schedules, carrying high rollers to the Shah's casino playground. There was no civil ATC at Kish (it was an air defence radar station and an F4 base) and no direct comms, so for the return leg, the aircraft departed VFR to the MSA (FL145) and called for an IFR clearance to Gay Paree. Bizarre.
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