Flew on Concorde to the States once. It turned back, because the gear wouldn't go up. Capt's PA went something like 'Ladies and Gents, had a minor snag, returning to LHR, you will all be disembarked into the Concorde lounge whilst another aircraft is prepared for service.'
To me this meant more vintage champagne, 2 Concorde flights in a day and still beat the Jumbo by several hours. Now I didn't make the news that day but I spotted the snippet on Sky today and all I can do is echo the comments of my fellow professionals: ' What a load of old senstionalist misinformed b**locks!'
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