I took a short flight around the Bay of Biscay 20 years ago today
Why is THAT worth mentioning? Because I was among the last passengers to fly on Concorde
Twenty years ago yesterday, a friend in the British Airways press office rang and asked if I’d like to be on Concorde’s last flight. She apologised for the short notice: it was scheduled for the next day, 24th October.
They had obviously had a last-minute drop-out, and I was probably the 134th person on the reserve list. I might have given them a sniffy …
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