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IRL (In Real Life) => Current Events => Topic started by: Hartford688 on March 11, 2012, 03:14:44 AM

Title: Speedbird Two Heavy says goodbye
Post by: Hartford688 on March 11, 2012, 03:14:44 AM
Not quite current, but a good post over at SimHQ:

The last Concorde leaving JFK and its farewells to ATC:

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3535461/Last_Concorde_ATC_communicatio.html#Post3535461

What an amazing aircraft. So sad they were retired.
Title: Re: Speedbird Two Heavy says goodbye
Post by: bob48 on March 11, 2012, 08:11:35 AM
Agreed. And yet they had a remarkable safety record when you consider how long they had been flying.

Farewell to a grand aircraft.
Title: Re: Speedbird Two Heavy says goodbye
Post by: MIGMaster on March 11, 2012, 10:21:13 AM
I can't help but feel we are going backwards in some way  :(
Title: Re: Speedbird Two Heavy says goodbye
Post by: Windigo on March 12, 2012, 11:21:26 AM
Quote from: MIGMaster on March 11, 2012, 10:21:13 AM
I can't help but feel we are going backwards in some way  :(

I felt that way when the space program took a huge hit....