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Old 25th Jul 2002, 22:41
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ORAC
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Madasacow,

A little bird named Concorde, if you wouldn't mind keeping out of the North Atlantic with your toys..

Long ago, back in the mid-seventies, A U-2 hit was hit by the shock wave from Concorde en-route Bahrain-UK (Mach 2+). The pilot only just got it back on the ground and it had to be shipped home for repair. As he mournfully said afterwards. "Bigger than me, that I can live with; faster than me, that I can live with; Bast**d was above me, that hurts".

On a more sober note, the ones he is worried about are the one's below FL350, not the UAVs.

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