Concorde Archives - SamChui.com Sam Chui Aviation & Travel Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:18:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://samchui.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1con2-100x100.png Concorde Archives - SamChui.com 32 32 108386868 7 Fun Facts About Concorde https://samchui.com/2023/11/27/7-fun-facts-about-concorde/ https://samchui.com/2023/11/27/7-fun-facts-about-concorde/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:15:53 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=50044 Many things set Concorde apart from other commercial jets.

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]]> https://samchui.com/2023/11/27/7-fun-facts-about-concorde/feed/ 1 50044 History Special: Braniff – The Only Concorde Service in the USA https://samchui.com/2022/04/10/history-special-braniff-the-only-concorde-service-in-the-usa/ https://samchui.com/2022/04/10/history-special-braniff-the-only-concorde-service-in-the-usa/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2022 16:59:45 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=44091 Braniff International was a big name in US airline transportation from 1930 until its bankruptcy and shutdown in May 1982. Starting out with Lockheed Vegas and Douglas DC-2s and DC-3s, the airline carved out a niche in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, and after WW2, won a South American route award that terminated in Buenos Aires. […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2022/04/10/history-special-braniff-the-only-concorde-service-in-the-usa/feed/ 14 44091 Flying the British/Singapore Air Concorde in 1980 https://samchui.com/2019/03/02/flying-the-british-singapore-air-concorde-in-1980/ https://samchui.com/2019/03/02/flying-the-british-singapore-air-concorde-in-1980/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2019 08:14:59 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=25197 This is a story contributed by reader Dr Bob Nadel from The Nadel Consulting Group, Inc   The story actually began when I read that New York’s Mayor Ed Koch had upgraded his first class ticket on Concorde from JFK to London for $300. Wow, I thought, $300, I can do that. I was working for […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2019/03/02/flying-the-british-singapore-air-concorde-in-1980/feed/ 16 25197 Concorde’s first flight – fifty years ago https://samchui.com/2019/03/02/concordes-first-flight-fifty-years-ago/ https://samchui.com/2019/03/02/concordes-first-flight-fifty-years-ago/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2019 00:54:17 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=25176 Concorde: the ride of a lifetime Half a century has passed since the first flight of the Concorde and the start of the supersonic dream. The flight was supposed to take place on March 1, 1969, but was postponed due to thick fog. March 2, a Sunday, didn’t look much better, but the Mirage jet […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2019/03/02/concordes-first-flight-fifty-years-ago/feed/ 2 25176 Concorde to have droop-nose reactivated for 50th anniversary https://samchui.com/2019/02/10/concorde-to-have-droop-nose-reactivated-for-50th-anniversary/ https://samchui.com/2019/02/10/concorde-to-have-droop-nose-reactivated-for-50th-anniversary/#respond Sun, 10 Feb 2019 13:03:17 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=24764 Concorde to have droop-nose reactivated for 50th anniversary Aerospace Bristol, a museum based in the United Kingdom, is lining up voluntary engineers and enthusiasts to prepare the Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde for its 50th anniversary on the 9th of April this year. G-BOAF, a British Airways Concorde, will be undergoing some creative work to reactivate its highly-popular […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2019/02/10/concorde-to-have-droop-nose-reactivated-for-50th-anniversary/feed/ 0 24764 Review: Supersonic Concorde The Ultimate Flight Experience https://samchui.com/2003/04/18/concorde-my-ultimate-flight-experience-new-york-to-london-in-3-hours/ https://samchui.com/2003/04/18/concorde-my-ultimate-flight-experience-new-york-to-london-in-3-hours/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2003 05:57:38 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=5170 Supersonic Concorde The Ultimate Flight Experience 2003-4-17 BA002 JFK-LHR Concorde SSC G-BOAG 0900 JFK 1800 LHR “My Ultimate Flight Experience” Cruising 58000 ft and Mach 2.0 (1350mph) jetset in style! “Sam, we’ll be here longer than the plane, she won’t be here after October, your decision!” I made the booking on Concorde 2 days after […]

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