Concorde and Spitfire

Julia · Post by **Julia** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 4:54 pm

Just roared over the office!

(Yep I am bored!)

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 12:15 pm

Two flights remaining.

Monday 17 November 2003 11:20 - Heathrow to Barbados

Final Last Flight Ever.
Wednesday 26 November 2003 11:20 - Heathrow to Filton (Bristol) arriving at about 12:00.

Vince.

Esselle · Post by **Esselle** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 6:29 pm

Anyone else going to see it when it goes to Filton?

tiranova · Post by **tiranova** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 10:29 pm

ME! ME! ME!

Esselle · Post by **Esselle** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 10:32 pm

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 2:23 pm

Final Concorde leaves Heathrow next week

The last Concorde to be delivered to its retirement home will go to Airbus UK's headquarters at Filton, near Bristol next week.

Alpha Foxtrot will fly from London Heathrow to Filton on Wednesday November 26.

It is scheduled to push back from Heathrow Terminal 1 at 11.20am and will land at Filton at 1pm.

Depending on the weather conditions it is also hoped that Concorde can overfly parts of Bristol and the surrounding area shortly before touching down.

Police are advising people in the South West to head to the Downs area of Bristol, close to the Clifton Suspension Bridge, to watch Concorde overfly.

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Note the change in arrival time from my earlier post. It's doing a 'trip around the bay' of Biscay, en route to Filton.

rob · Post by **rob** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 9:47 pm

there will be a Rolls Royce Plc owned Spitfire flying alongside Concorde as it flies to Bristol.

This is reliable info, just hope the director of RR who is flying it foot gets better, silly arse hurt it playing footie.

If not Sara, can your David stand in

Esselle · Post by **Esselle** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 12:07 am

Final Concorde leaves Heathrow next week

it is also hoped that Concorde can overfly parts of Bristol and the surrounding area shortly before touching down.

Police are advising people in the South West to head to the Downs area of Bristol, close to the Clifton Suspension Bridge, to watch Concorde overfly.

Any idea where else would be a good place other than the Downs as I can imagine it will be EXTREMELY busy?

rob · Post by **rob** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 5:40 pm

one of my server rooms would be good, well unless they get the final approach wrong as its at the end of the runway

All being well I should be travelling down on Wednesday thanks to work requirements. That actually means I have to deliver an Advent Calendar to one of my staff based in Bristol

- couldnt possibly do it any other days as I am soooooooo busy

tiranova · Post by **tiranova** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 12:27 am

i wondered about starbucks the Mall that overlooks the runway, but loads of people will prbably think the same

Esselle · Post by **Esselle** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 5:31 pm

one of my server rooms would be good, well unless they get the final approach wrong as its at the end of the runway

All being well I should be travelling down on Wednesday thanks to work requirements. That actually means I have to deliver an Advent Calendar to one of my staff based in Bristol - couldnt possibly do it any other days as I am soooooooo busy

Damn - should've seen this post earlier!
You could've brought an advent calendar for me too and i'd have collected it from your server room!

Watched it from the A38, Bedminster Down - thought I was gonna be disappointed, but it came back again - fantastic.

tiranova · Post by **tiranova** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 10:04 pm

one of my server rooms would be good, well unless they get the final approach wrong as its at the end of the runway

All being well I should be travelling down on Wednesday thanks to work requirements. That actually means I have to deliver an Advent Calendar to one of my staff based in Bristol - couldnt possibly do it any other days as I am soooooooo busy
Damn - should've seen this post earlier!
You could've brought an advent calendar for me too and i'd have collected it from your server room!

Watched it from the A38, Bedminster Down - thought I was gonna be disappointed, but it came back again - fantastic.

I watched it from there too, and it flew over my head!

Esselle · Post by **Esselle** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 12:03 pm

to Tiranova for reducing my stress levels and telling some big blokes to shift their arses off my car. :blush-thx:

Rob - where was the spitfire?

rob · Post by **rob** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 6:43 pm

well I didnt make it as I was too ill to drive there and back in a day.

But the spitfire did show up and do a small aerobatics display over the Filton airfield.

tiranova · Post by **tiranova** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 10:11 pm

to Tiranova for reducing my stress levels and telling some big blokes to shift their a***s off my car. :blush-thx:

My pleasure, anyway couldnt have you (personally, not the CC) blowing a gasket on Bedmy down