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Old 9th Apr 2016, 08:41
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Originally Posted by Cymmon
Concorde was never granted permission to fly supersonic (mach1 and above) over populated areas. Even Braniff when using Concorde to Dallas had to fly at Mach 0.98 (I stand to be corrected). Maybe it was allowed over certain limited population areas, and definitely over sea, QE2 passengers had the pleasure of the "boom", but certainly not over central London.

When Concorde flew to Bahrain and Singapore it was restricted to "fast" subsonic over mainland Europe.
Not just pax on the QE2. I was on board 'Hoverspeed Great Britain' in the first year of operation between Cherbourg and Portsmouth when there was a couple of loud bangs...the captain then announced that there was nothing to be alarmed about as we had just been overflown by Concorde. Thought that was cool - until I flew on her
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