This Day In History, 2003
The Concorde supersonic transport made its final flight on this date last year.
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I personally never had the opportunity to fly the Concorde. However, a friend of mine who is a lawyer in New York City had the opportunity once when flying back from France on business. His ticket had been upgraded to first class, which meant riding on the Concorde, and he told me the story of his experience. It began with the pilot introducing a new crew member to him; apparently, they assumed that all Concorde passengers were repeat customers who got to know the crew. As for the flight itself, he remarked that the food was unimpressive and the in-flight "entertainment," as it were, was a screen on the seat in front of him displaying their current speed in Mach units (Mach 1 being the speed of sound).
Apparently, if you flew the Concorde, they assumed you were paying for speed and not much else.
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I personally never had the opportunity to fly the Concorde. However, a friend of mine who is a lawyer in New York City had the opportunity once when flying back from France on business. His ticket had been upgraded to first class, which meant riding on the Concorde, and he told me the story of his experience. It began with the pilot introducing a new crew member to him; apparently, they assumed that all Concorde passengers were repeat customers who got to know the crew. As for the flight itself, he remarked that the food was unimpressive and the in-flight "entertainment," as it were, was a screen on the seat in front of him displaying their current speed in Mach units (Mach 1 being the speed of sound).
Apparently, if you flew the Concorde, they assumed you were paying for speed and not much else.