There were always more complaints at Brize when Concorde was due to be flying some training and didn;t make it than ever there were noise complaints when she did.
Taxiing out in a VC10 with an American exchange co-pilot in the right hand seat once, I remarked "Got many of those in the States?" as Concorde was in the circuit. Upon reaching the holding position we were asked "Are you ready for departure immediate, Concorde is at 10 miles".
All together "NO! We'll sit and watch!"
It won't be a sad day on the 24th, it'll be an utterly tragic one. For not only will the 9/11 terrorists have won another victory, but Britain will no longer be Great.
To hell with the spineless bean counters at ba - and to hell with the French assassins who brought about her premature death. For after their totally avoidable accident, they never recovered their seat occupancy rates. So it was hardly suprising that it was a French company who decided that it could no longer support her economically. Convenient that......