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DemoTex
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Tue Mar-14-06 09:00 PM Original message |
DUers who have flown on the Concorde (or those that wanted to)? |
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Thtwudbeme
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Tue Mar-14-06 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. I was on the runway the day it landed |
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DemoTex
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Tue Mar-14-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. There is a picture at the US Airways gate in AVL of the Concorde visit. |
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Thtwudbeme
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Tue Mar-14-06 09:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Oh yes! |
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DemoTex
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Tue Mar-14-06 09:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yep! I remember it now! |
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Thtwudbeme
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Tue Mar-14-06 09:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Wikipedia says 1987 |
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DemoTex
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Tue Mar-14-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. U-B young! Still. |
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Hugin
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Tue Mar-14-06 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Very cool! |
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DemoTex
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Tue Mar-14-06 09:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. The rest of the story is even better .. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot
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Tue Mar-14-06 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. I saw one take off once |
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wain
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Wed Mar-15-06 06:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. I saw the British Concorde taking off over Jamaica Bay |
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GOPisEvil
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Tue Mar-14-06 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. I always wanted to fly on the Concorde. |
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KitchenWitch
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Tue Mar-14-06 10:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Me too |
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madinmaryland
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Wed Mar-15-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I've been to Windows on the World a couple of times. |
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pokerfan
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Tue Mar-14-06 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. Could you see the curvature of the Earth? |
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DemoTex
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Tue Mar-14-06 10:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Not really. I could imagine it, I guess. |
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pokerfan
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Tue Mar-14-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I was going to ask about that next |
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Rabrrrrrr
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Tue Mar-14-06 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. My boss used to fly it a lot. He liked the time savings, hated the plane. |
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DemoTex
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Tue Mar-14-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. About the same diameter aluminum tube as a DC-9. |
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Aristus
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Tue Mar-14-06 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. You never fail to amaze me, Mac. All the things you've done! |
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malmapus
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Tue Mar-14-06 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. Never flew it, but have a question. What did kill it? |
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kay1864
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Wed Mar-15-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. According to Wikipedia... |
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malmapus
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Wed Mar-15-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Thanks for info, never thought of checking Wikipedia |
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bumblebee1
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Wed Mar-15-06 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. I've seen two concordes. |
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billyskank
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Wed Mar-15-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. I wish I could have experienced |
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ucmike
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Wed Mar-15-06 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. never flew it but experienced a landing outside my window |
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NJ Democrats
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Wed Mar-15-06 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. I never flew in one |
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