at least she went out with dignity

[PT_Sean]

I read today that British Air will keep ONE BIRD in flying condition for "Special Events".




I should have mentioned, that we brought the scanner to the arifiled and tuned into 127.000, the ground traffic freq at Pearson airport. We actully heard the pilot (British accent, duh!!) saying GOODBYE to Toronto. We also heard other planes wiating to taxi, that they wanted to witness "history" and stood-down on the skirts a couple minutes to it could take-off.

Truly an amazing piece of aviation, engineering, and history.

[JOEM]

Originally Posted by Dad Man

Well I get to see supersonic aircraft overhead every single day. I live and work under the flight path of Moffet Federal Airfield where two seater fighters drop in all the time. Okay, they don't seat 100 civilians and I'm mildly disappointed that I never had enough spare $ to fly to 'cord but I still run outside to get a glimpse of the USAF's finest. One of the twists since 9-11 is that they all fly over the base and turn 360 degrees on final approach. Awesome babe!
Dad/\/\an

Not to rub it in, Dad, but I've both flown in the Concorde (your tax dollars at work) and flew in the back seat of an F-15 (ditto). Even got to "pilot" the F-15 and buzz some bikinis over the Keys.

Okay, okay, I'm rubbing it in a little.