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  1. .. Anyone else holding that day open?

  2. elyob said:

    .. Anyone else holding that day open?

    Yes. but likely for different reasons to you.

    pourquoi?

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    Dnc

  3. That's my birthday!

  4. In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

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    .. Anyone else holding that day open?

    Yeah, you having a party?

    Colin

  5. "Doesnotcompute" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    elyob said:

    .. Anyone else holding that day open?

    Yes. but likely for different reasons to you.

    pourquoi?

    Concorde's last day 🙁

  6. "Colin Blackburn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    .. Anyone else holding that day open?

    Yeah, you having a party?

    No party ... wouldn't get you all in ...

  7. elyob said:

    Concorde's last day 🙁


    No more rumblings over our house at 7.10pm then.

  8. elyob said:

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    elyob said:

    .. Anyone else holding that day open?

    Yes. but likely for different reasons to you.

    pourquoi?

    Concorde's last day 🙁

    I saw the first flight (flew over my school in Surrey), I hope to see the last one.

    And I got to cross the Atlantic on it in between 🙂

    It will be a sad day.

    Pete

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    <[email hidden]>,

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    .. Anyone else holding that day open?

    Yeah, you having a party?

    No party ... wouldn't get you all in ...

    that reminds me, must log DA AGM in PC calendar. Thanks for reminding me. . . . . . done

    IanB

  10. "Richie1964" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    That's my birthday!


    The day after mine..... Bonne anniversaire Dan G

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    That's my birthday!


    The day after mine..... Bonne anniversaire Dan G

    My birthday also. Pity I am on the otherside of the world. May your pedals keep turning and your
    spokes never grow rusty.

  12. "elyob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Concorde's last day 🙁

    Only time I flew concorde it was delayed for eight odd hours :o(.

    Still I must be one of the few people who has been offered a down grade to First class.

  13. Frank X said:


    Only time I flew concorde it was delayed for eight odd hours :o(.

    Still I must be one of the few people who has been offered a down grade to First class.

    Should have taken it ;-) While its nice to have done it to be honest I prefer to be able to stretch
    my legs out, walk around and not get cooked by the windows.

    Tony

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    "If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything." Mark Twain

  14. "Tony Raven" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Frank X said:


    Only time I flew concorde it was delayed for eight odd hours :o(.

    Still I must be one of the few people who has been offered a down grade to First class.

    Should have taken it ;-) While its nice to have done it to be honest I prefer to be able to
    stretch my legs out, walk around and not get cooked


    by

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    the windows.

    No I'm glad I did it, when they switch the afterburners on at mach .9 the Paul smith in all of us
    comes out.

    The windows only get warm and there was plenty of room to walk around. The plane was less than half
    full, how else would a cheapskate pleb like me get a seat ;o)

  15. Frank X said:


    No I'm glad I did it, when they switch the afterburners on at mach .9 the Paul smith in all of us
    comes out.

    As I said its nice to have done it and although I've flown it a few times it was not my first choice
    after the first time.

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    The windows only get warm and there was plenty of room to walk around. The plane was less than
    half full, how else would a cheapskate pleb like me get a seat ;o)

    If you are sat next to the window its like sitting next to a radiator for three hours and I would
    very much dispute the plenty of room to walk around. One aisle and not a very wide one at that. You
    do get to meet some interesting people though.

    Tony

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    "If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything." Mark Twain

  16. Frank X said:
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    Only time I flew concorde it was delayed for eight odd hours :o(.

    Still I must be one of the few people who has been offered a down grade to First class.

    Should have taken it ;-) While its nice to have done it to be honest I prefer to be able to
    stretch my legs out, walk around and not get cooked


    by

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    the windows.

    No I'm glad I did it, when they switch the afterburners on at mach .9 the Paul smith in all of us
    comes out.

    And the huge grins! Does this mean that my set of "Concorde" playing cards ( given to me by one of
    the cabin staff will suddenly leap in value?

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    Frank X said:


    No I'm glad I did it, when they switch the afterburners on at mach .9 the Paul smith in all of
    us comes out.

    As I said its nice to have done it and although I've flown it a few times


    it

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    was not my first choice after the first time.

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    The windows only get warm and there was plenty of room to walk around. The plane was less than
    half full, how else would a cheapskate pleb like me get a seat ;o)

    If you are sat next to the window its like sitting next to a radiator for three hours and I would
    very much dispute the plenty of room to walk


    around.

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    One aisle and not a very wide one at that. You do get to meet some interesting people though.

    Sure but I'm not a seasoned traveller, normally they wouldn't dream of letting me out of my cage.

    I think the trick is that everyone wants to fly concorde to NY because the time difference means
    that you can leave home at a reasonable time and still be in the office in NY for 9. However there
    is no point flying back from NY to London because the time difference works against you, you might
    as well just get a comfy chair and sleep.

    So I guess what you are saying is exactly why BA used to offer so many freebies back from NY to
    London to standard business travelers and of course why I got to fly concorde in the first place.

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    > Only time I flew concorde it was delayed for eight odd hours :o(.
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    > Still I must be one of the few people who has been offered a down grade to First class.

    Should have taken it ;-) While its nice to have done it to be honest


    I

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    prefer to be able to stretch my legs out, walk around and not get


    cooked

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    by

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    the windows.

    No I'm glad I did it, when they switch the afterburners on at mach .9


    the

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    Paul smith in all of us comes out.

    And the huge grins! Does this mean that my set of "Concorde" playing cards ( given to me by one of
    the cabin staff will suddenly leap in value?

    No I got a diary.

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    In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

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    .. Anyone else holding that day open?

    Yeah, you having a party?

    No party ... wouldn't get you all in ...

    I thought they seated about 100. ps Bollinger and caviar outward, curry and DAB on way back please

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    > .. Anyone else holding that day open?

    Not sure why this thread got onto this group, but it looks like a bike is going to be the only way
    to get near Heathrow on the day. If any of you make the journey you should get the triple treat of
    one landing on each runway and a third flying over the top avec les Red Arrows (like the Heathrow
    50th in 1996, and possibly the Golden Jubilee or did I dream that?)

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