Originally Posted by
WHBM
You guys should get out more. If you go to Chicago O'Hare you'll see just about every departure make a 90 degree turn by the time they're overhead the airport boundary.
Going out of JFK,[can't remember which runway] Concorde used to bank almost as soon as the wheels left the tarmac. We were always warned in advance but it was a complete non event [other than the unusual attitude] as Concorde always felt like it was flying on rails wherever it was pointing. Noise abatement profile I think.
Ah Concorde!!!!!
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