• 2 March 1969

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 2 21:08:52 2024
    Concorde flew for the first time on 2 March 1969. The Anglo-French
    aircraft took off from Toulouse and was in the air for 27 minutes.

    Vid: 26 sec
    https://twitter.com/aviationbrk/status/1763933621822373972

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  • From Kerr-Mudd, John@21:1/5 to JAB on Sun Mar 3 09:33:25 2024
    On Sat, 02 Mar 2024 21:08:52 -0600
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    Concorde flew for the first time on 2 March 1969. The Anglo-French
    aircraft took off from Toulouse and was in the air for 27 minutes.

    Vid: 26 sec
    https://twitter.com/aviationbrk/status/1763933621822373972

    Horrendously polluting noisy expensive gas-guzzler. But it had a cool nose.

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    Bah, and indeed Humbug.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 3 14:50:42 2024
    On Sun, 3 Mar 2024 09:33:25 +0000, "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1>
    wrote:

    Horrendously polluting noisy expensive gas-guzzler. But it had a cool nose.


    Did Alex in A Clockwork Orange simulate this "cool nose?"

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