Over the years of it's development and service I was able see most of the Concordes that were built: air shows and the odd trip to Heathrow.
My opportunity to fly on it came somewhat unexpectedly in 1998 at Oshkosh. G-BOAF was there as a visitor, still " star of the show " (at least for me !!), even although Concorde had been there four times previously.
BA were offering flights, so the two American friends I was with and I decided to spend our $$s.... Trip of a life time but unfortunately, no supersonic, as were too far from the sea !! The presence of a FAA check pilot ( a lady), with her hand on the throttles (apparently !! ) guaranteed that. Think we achieved about Mach 0.96. Remember the spectacular take-off. Always glad I took the opportunity when it was offered. Had hoped to "" go supersonic "" but sadly the end came before I was able to achieve that.
I had hoped to fit in a flight in the EAA's Ford Tri-motor but simply ran out of time....not $$s, only about $ 50, I seem to recall. I suppose that flight is still theoretically possible, unlike a flight on Concorde... !!
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