Cheese

The Intrepid Museum is on the Hudson, which is where the airplane was headed.

Mr. SONY Loc: LI, NY

Right next to where the cruise ships dock.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Interesting.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

ery nice!

JeffL Loc: New Jersey

Years ago BA offered to fly the Concorde to Schenectady, NY for a charity event. People paid $1,000 per person to fly out over the Atlantic, go supersonic and return to Schenectady. A friend owned an aviation fuel company, was contracted to refuel the plane in Schenectady, and asked me to come along. We drove from Syracuse to Schenectady in a very large fuel truck, parked under the wing and refueled the Concorde. There are 13 fueling ports under the wings. The plane has “wet” wings, meaning the entire wing is a fuel tank. The fuel cools the wing at supersonic speeds from the heat generated by friction with the air. The interior of the Concorde is very narrow due to the streamlined shape of the fuselage. It was a long time ago, but I seem to remember there were two seats on either side of the center aisle. The event took place in the late ‘70’s, but the avionics in the cockpit were from the early 60’s. The general aviation aircraft I flew back then had more modern avionics than the Concorde.

Old Coot

What actually killed the Concorde was the refusal of the FAA to allow it to fly over the US even at speeds below the Speed of sound

Smitty Blackstone Loc: NY or Jupiter

Thank you. I thought I was going crazy for a minute.

flathead27ford Loc: Colorado, North of Greeley