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« on: 13 April 2026, 13:37:33 »
Anyone know where the stop/start is?  ;D ;D  ;D

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« Reply #1 on: 13 April 2026, 13:42:18 »
where would you even begin?   :o ;D ;D
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« Reply #2 on: 13 April 2026, 13:54:16 »
What make of car is that?..... ::)
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« Reply #3 on: 13 April 2026, 13:57:06 »
Concorde?
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« Reply #4 on: 13 April 2026, 13:58:13 »
Quote from: VXL V6 on 13 April 2026, 13:57:06
Concorde?

 :y :y :y :y In 1!

I'm impressed!  :y
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« Reply #5 on: 13 April 2026, 13:59:57 »
They always say it was cramped onboard ..... there is loads of leg room & more than enough headroom in the centre isle.
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« Reply #6 on: 13 April 2026, 14:17:29 »
Quote from: Andy B on 13 April 2026, 13:37:33
Anyone know where the stop/start is?  ;D ;D  ;D


It's the bakelite switch on the left of the door.  :D
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« Reply #7 on: 13 April 2026, 14:24:20 »
So 50 years ago we had a passenger plane that could travel at twice the speed of sound. And now we don't. :-\

How is that progress? :-\
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« Reply #8 on: 13 April 2026, 16:39:55 »
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So 50 years ago we had a passenger plane that could travel at twice the speed of sound. And now we don't. :-\

How is that progress? :-\

in a nut shell ..... it was sub 3 hours to the good ol' US of A (if you had the money).... And now it isn't!  :-X
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« Reply #9 on: 13 April 2026, 16:56:21 »
Quote from: VXL V6 on 13 April 2026, 13:57:06
Concorde?
The yoke and the view are give aways 8)
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« Reply #10 on: 13 April 2026, 17:00:55 »
Not been on one for about 40 years, but it doesn't take too long to get your bearings around the various controls.

Concorde is a product of it's time so the fuel management computer was the flight engineer who looked after the panel on the right :y

Modern aircraft have all the same information but it's presented on screens rather than 100s of dials.

Progress apparently  ;D
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« Reply #11 on: 13 April 2026, 17:01:30 »
Which one is that?
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« Reply #12 on: 13 April 2026, 17:22:57 »
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Which one is that?

It was next to Manchester airport ..... Concorde Conference Centre Altringham
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« Reply #13 on: 13 April 2026, 17:25:04 »
That was the 1st time I've been on 1 or even up that close. It was very impressive!
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« Reply #14 on: 13 April 2026, 18:20:16 »
Quote from: Andy B on 13 April 2026, 17:25:04
That was the 1st time I've been on 1 or even up that close. It was very impressive!
:y

Everything used to stop at Heathrow when the lunchtime JFK took off. Occasionally had one pop in to Gatwick for certification purposes and there was always a queue to get anywhere near it.

I've been on both of the British prototypes, Duxford and Yeovil but as a child. Most of ours are dotted around the world, all looking stunning. It's almost embarrassing how tatty our one at Heathrow is... Only gets washed by the rain :-[

Must have a nosey around one again, especially with a working perspective  :-\
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