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Old 7th Nov 2003, 06:11
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When she was built the authorities were very quick in stating that she could not fly supersonically over land.
Ironic and somewhat sad that the last flight she ever did was a record breaker flying supersonically over land, albeit remotely populated land.
The Concorde story would have been a very different one if supercruise over remotely populated land had been permitted from the outset.
As someone famously said on 24th October " the world just became a bigger place ".
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