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Old 31st March 2025 | 10:31
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pax britanica
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Lasting memory of Concorde was driving on the Stanwell Moor Road ( the one between the reservoirs on the SW corner of LHR ) and just coming up to the airport entry roundabout when the beast hurtles past of of 27L noise a massive hail of what looked like dust sucked up into the tip vortices and spiralling away behind it, burners going full blast - gone in a couple of seconds but a memory for ever .m other one was watching the last ever flight from JFK descending over Camberley where I then lived headed for Ockham. I had my air band ready to hear it get given a last short cut from Heathrow Approach with suitable farewell wishes followed by the same from LHR Director and Heathrow Tower.

It wasnt a very great idea really despite the glamour but what it did do was sporn Airbus Industrie which was an amazingly good and succesful one

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