Re: NEWS FLASH: Edward's Plane Aborts Takeoff

From: John Larkin (jjlarkin_at_highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com)
Date: 10/19/04 

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 08:26:36 -0700

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:16:47 +0100, "Ian Buckner"
<Ian_Buckner@agilent.com> wrote:

>>
>There is a Spitfire mounted on a stand outside Edinburgh Airport.
>We also get a number of interesting planes each year for the show
>at East Fortune airfield (they have one of the Concordes there now).
>I have an enlargement of a press photo of a flypast some years ago
>over Edinburgh with a Concorde escorted by a flight of Spitfires.
>
>Regards
> Ian
>

"a Concorde escorted by a flight of Spitfires"

Wow, what a concept; wish I'd been there. And the Spits are still
flying, but the Concorde isn't.

John

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