Concorde: Final Flight

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Originally Posted by threeholerglory

Just saw this for the first time tonight believe it or not...sorry to jump on the band wagon so late, but holy crap...it looks like it should be a high school reunion. Phil looks like he's 12. I think based off his description of the plane, he and Maya would be soul mates =P

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What did I say? And who is Maya?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bytkNQvenKE

are you talking about this program ?

I had not met any of you guys at that point, well except for Art. I shot the last Concorde flight from the Bridge.
Took another 9 months to finally meet Phil

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Originally Posted by Phil D.

What did I say? And who is Maya?

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you spoke so poetically of the Concorde....I'm pretty sure I even saw a tear trying to make its way out. Maya Angelou was one of the passengers on the final flight.

I lived in Jamaica (the West Indies not the cesspool north of JFK) when the Concorde took it's last flight, I was pretty sad that I had to miss this flight. I grew up with them dumping the gear over my house in Long Beach. It was always a breath taking moment. When I was about 7 or 8 I had to be hospitalized at LIJ for a week and was lucky enough to be on the top floor on the east side of the building. When JFK was on the 22's I would just sit next to the window watching planes arrive at seemingly eye level with the highlight being Speedbird and Air France.