Hi,
living here in London (England!) I see it quite often, most recently
this weekend. Even though it's quite a commonplace sight, people still
stop to look. It's an amazing piece of work and a great pity it's on
the way out. I wish they'd sell it to Virgin so it could keep flying.
I first saw it in the early 1980s. I was at a summer evening jazz
concert in Kew Gardens, which is on the flight path for Heathrow.
Humphrey Littleton and Ronnie Scott were playing in the Temperate House,
while the audience was wandering around drinking champagne and eating
strawberries in the grounds. Just as the concert ended and the sun
finally died, Concorde came over, very, very low, and the fireworks
display started. It was a perfect moment. Sometimes you don't need a
camera.
Bob
Thursday, October 2, 2003, 1:29:11 AM, you wrote:
> Was walking out of our HO about 2pm yesterday,when i heard a loud
> plane
> over head.As we work near Buttonville airport i'm used to the noise,but this one was
> different,so i
> looked up and lo and behold,THE CONCORD.
> It was doing a rather slow desent into Toronto Airport(sorry i just cannot say
> Pearson:-))and not that
> far off the ground.
> Cool plane with almost a Harley sound to it.
> Worst part,camera was back in the office,NOT in the truck were it usually is.
> This is the farwell tour,so i hear.
> Big D'oh
> Dave
