Uh...Concorde at Kai Tak?

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1168733/L/

Just a little surprised that the Concorde went there. I had no clue.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0086940/L/

I'm not a Concorde expert by any means, but it is my understanding that flights like those to Hong Kong were special flights - not regularly scheduled.

I remember hearing that they would occaisionally run an 'around the world' flight where they would chase the sun west bound. I imagine that Hong Kong might be a stop on that route.

I love all those old Kai Tak shots. What a great setting!

check this out, its groovy!!!

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WOW. It's wild jsut watching it turn, especially on approach. The Concorde's shape makes it look like it has no business being able to do anything as basic as turning.

Here is a pretty goodwebsite that describes all sorts of Concorde services. Apparently it operated between Singapore and Bahrain for some time and also flew from Europe to Dallas via Dulles. I think the coolest was when it operated Bahrain-Singapore, it was painted in BA colors on one side and Singapore's colors on the other.

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/q0186.shtml

And, correct me if I am wrong, but that Concorde that carried that special livery was none other than G-BOAD, who is here with us in NY :)

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Originally Posted by mirrodie

And, correct me if I am wrong, but that Concorde that carried that special livery was none other than G-BOAD, who is here with us in NY :)

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and the Concorde in the move Airport 1979 was the one that crashed

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You have got to see some of the old liveries in this one!!
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You JFK dudes must have seen plenty of them in their day (er... the is, if you're old enough :) ) I only saw one here at YOW, when the British royal family came to visit. I stood right behind it, OK maybe 100 yards out, as it took off. Too bad that was before my camera days.

Concorde actually made it to something like 300+ airports.... It got around in its time.

Full list below.

http://www.concordesst.com/history/destinations.html

Tom