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That Tragic Day (Read 672 times)
Jul 5th, 2011 at 7:40am

fourbee   Offline
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Concorde was a turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner. First flown in 1969, Concorde entered service in 1976 and continued commercial flights for 27 years.
Among other destinations, Concorde flew regular transatlantic flights from London Heathrow (British Airways) and Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (Air France) to New York JFK, profitably flying these routes at record speeds, in less than half the time of other airliners.
With only 20 aircraft built, their development represented a substantial economic loss, in addition to which Air France and British Airways were subsidised by their governments to buy them. As a result of the type’s only crash on 25 July 2000 and other factors, its retirement flight was on 26 November 2003.
Concorde's name reflects the development agreement between the United Kingdom and France. In the UK, any or all of the type—unusual for an aircraft—are known simply as "Concorde". The aircraft is regarded by many as an aviation icon.

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To concorde!
 

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Reply #1 - Jul 7th, 2011 at 7:04pm

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Tragic day indeed, not only for the people on that plane and their families but for the aviation industry itself.

I quite like it...

Good luck!
 

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Reply #2 - Jul 8th, 2011 at 4:56pm

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cheers. thought i'd put a story behind it
 

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Reply #3 - Jul 8th, 2011 at 5:11pm

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A haunting shot... yet such an awsome aircraft and peice of engineering.

I remember seeing the video of the crippled aircraft on the news the day it went down.

truly an iconic legend of the skies, i like the shot, it reminds us that even the mightiest fall sometimes, but im proud to say i trully love the concorde!

me thinks a finalist

Deano  Smiley
 

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Reply #4 - Jul 27th, 2011 at 6:29pm

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This Topic was moved here from Simviation's Screenshot Contest by patchz.
 

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