Concorde fly-past "meet"

[sixspeed]

Remember some talk about this just over a month ago - a group of PH'ers were going to meet up to watch the final fly-by of Concorde on the 24th (?) of October...?

Are people still up for this?


-andy-

[joospeed]

where is this going to be? .. first I've heard of it but quite interesrted, end of an era etc etc

[RichB]

I'm certainly up for it, I heard the Red Arrows would also be flying and two concords? Not sure if this is true? Rich...

[ehasler]

I'd love to go to this if I can make it - anyone have more details?

[andyvdg]

Yeah, I'm up for this! Anyone know any details ?

Cheers,

Andy.

[ehasler]

BA Website said:

To celebrate British Airways Concorde’s final week of commercial service, Concorde will visit 5 cities across the United Kingdom. Concorde will visit Birmingham International Airport on Monday 20th October 2003. She will then visit Belfast International Airport on Tuesday 21st October, followed by a visit to Manchester International Airport on Wednesday 22nd October 2003. On Thursday 23rd October 2003 Concorde will fly to Cardiff International Airport and her finale week will conclude on Friday 24th October 2003, with a visit to Edinburgh International Airport. Each of the Tour of Britain Concorde flights will leave London Heathrow during the morning, arriving in the destination airport late morning, then leaving to return to Heathrow later in the afternoon. All flights will go supersonic out over the Atlantic, with each flight lasting around 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Not sure what time it's expected back at Heathrow though.

[FourWheelDrift]

The three Concorde flights on the day, the EDI tour return, The Bay of Biscay VIP return, and the final scheduled Concorde from JFK are planned to land one after other on the North runway. Likely times 15:30/16:00 but if you're going go much earlier as big crowds are anticipated.

No Red Arrows, they're in France.

[bobski]

I think we'll have to drive up and down the A30 for a few hours . . . but it's great when you time it for a landing and Concorde would probably bring tears to my eye . . .

[anonymous-user]

Final details are less exciting now.

Reds are in France

Three Concordes, will just land, one after the other at 1600 on 24th, No flypast

The three will be towed accross the road to the servicing hangers for a party,Not general public.
That's it.

BAA are advising today people not to go there.

It's all a load of cp really.

All Concordes will be flown into museums by Early November

One it is rumoured will be stuck on an aircraft carrier in New York

[AJLintern]

It doesn't suprise me really, all the great things from our past are slowly drifting into the history books The railways were once great, now look at them...

[rude girl]

Perhaps one of the museums would host a meet?

[rich-uk]

anonymous said:

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Watching 3 Concordes land in succession should be quite a sight!

[anonymous-user]

It should be, I am going to be there, somewhere.

Figures of between 10,000 and 350,000 people being there have been banded about

[nick heppinstall]

What REALLY pi$$es me off is that the Yanks should get a look in. After all it was them that tried to scupper the project in the first place. Sour grapes because their SST failed.....