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Old 28th Jun 2005, 06:38
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<<"Dear Boy, I really don't see why I should have to call you when I have the airfield in sight when I have already been cleared to land in accordance with ICAO Blah, Blah, Blah, Sub-Annexe Blah, Blah, Blah". (NB: He obviously didn't even realise that landing clearances in that part of the world are conditional).>>

I worked with Concorde for most of it's operational life; spoke to the crews almost every working day and met a few of them. I seriously doubt the truth of this story and suspect that it was dreamt up and passed around a million times.

Can anyone - pilot or controller - seriously imagine a pilot making such a statement on the R/T?

And, yes, the word "Concorde" was always part of the callsign..
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