Pretty Maids All In A Row

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 04/19/2016 at 16:40 • Filed to: planelopnik

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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of their introduction, six of the seven British Concordes were assembled at London’s Heathrow Airport on January 21, 1986. The Concorde entered service on January 21, 1976, flying routes from London to Bahrain and Paris to Rio de Janeiro (via Dakar).

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ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > ttyymmnn 04/19/2016 at 16:46

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They’re all smelling the same ones butt, my dog says that means its the one in charge. Or in heat...

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 04/19/2016 at 16:50

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Already everybody, group tire inspection! #toosoon

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > ttyymmnn 04/19/2016 at 16:50

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The fact that one of these could have been that Concord is sad.

djmt1 > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 04/19/2016 at 16:57

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Wrong country.

Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ > ttyymmnn 04/19/2016 at 16:58

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So this was taken exactly 6 days before I was born. Can’t believe those planes were ten years old by then.

Jcarr > Ash78, voting early and often 04/19/2016 at 17:03

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What you can’t see is the DC-10 just out of frame in front of the lead Concorde. That’s what the other 5 are hiding from.

ttyymmnn > Life and Times of Magoo: The People's Champ 04/19/2016 at 17:05

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I was in my second year of college. :/

Tripper > ttyymmnn 04/19/2016 at 17:13

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I flew on one of those when I was a little guy!

ttyymmnn > Tripper 04/19/2016 at 17:22

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I wish I could say that!

Viggen > ttyymmnn 04/19/2016 at 17:24

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Such a beautiful aircraft. I’ve had the pleasure of visiting the final resting place of three of the aircraft. Concorde, like the SR-71 or XB-70 is imposing, exotic, sexy, and mysterious all at the same time.

ttyymmnn > Viggen 04/19/2016 at 17:28

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I’ve only seen the one at the Udvar-Hazy Center in VA. I think you description is spot on, and I can’t add to it.

Tripper > ttyymmnn 04/19/2016 at 17:51

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I was too young to appreciate it, probably 5 or 6. My sister married an Englishman, and I got to fly over on one for her wedding. Got to see a cockpit sunrise and the whole bit...it’s funny how common that used to be (letting kids see the cockpit), never after 9/11.

ttyymmnn > Tripper 04/19/2016 at 18:20

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Letting kids inside the cockpit is not gone, at least at the gate. I’ve flown a couple of times with my boys, and we were invited into the cockpit each time (on Southwest, at least). On one visit, the captain showed the kids the “machine gun” by activating the stick shaker. Still, it’s a far cry from when I was young. I remember one flight out of Chicago when I was probably about 10 when my older brother and I got to go into the cockpit before the flight and the captain let us push the throttles forward during push back. Now THAT is something that will never happen again. As for your trip, you may not remember much of it, but you can say that you flew on one of the true great airliners that has ever been built. That list isn’t terribly long.

Cé hé sin > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 04/19/2016 at 19:32

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Given that they were BA ones, it couldn’t have been.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Cé hé sin 04/19/2016 at 19:54

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Which airline had the accident?

Cé hé sin > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 04/20/2016 at 05:08

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Air France