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Article #8271Re: Number of Concorde ever build
From: Kurt L. Reisler
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1989 15:25
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1989 15:25
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In article <209@s5.Morgan.COM> frank@Morgan.COM (Frank Wortner) writes: >In article <kXoVNsy00Xc-46vEU2@andrew.cmu.edu> jd3l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jean-Marc Debaud) writes: >>[Concorde] was killed by the refusal of the US to let it land >>in NY. (Tell me about protectionism....). > >I *do*, however, remember seeing the Concorde at JFK when I was passing >near the airport. Landing rights were eventually secured. The Concord also makes weekly visits to Northern Virginia's Dullas International Airport. That droopy nosed approach looks really strange coming over the trees. I still have memories (and pictures) of the Concord doing a high-speed (subsonic), low altitude wing-waggle salute over the mated Space Shuttle Enterprise and 747 transporter, when it visted IAD a few years ago.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!hadron!klr From: klr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Number of Concorde ever build Message-ID: <834@hadron.UUCP> Date: 19 Jan 89 15:25:23 GMT References: <8812270136.AA22740@crash.cts.com> <13081@cup.portal.com> <4595@mtgzy.att.com> <kXoVNsy00Xc-46vEU2@andrew.cmu.edu> <209@s5.Morgan.COM> Reply-To: klr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler) Organization: Hadron, Inc., Fairfax, VA Lines: 15