I've seen Concord on several occasions, both flying and on the ground.
Strangely enough I've never been a fan of Concord, I think its a bit
plain (no pun intended), maybe its beacuse I like military aircraft.
They are far more photogenic. I agree about the P-51 though. The
Spitfire and Me-262 are at the top of my list, but if you really want to
see aircraft beauty take a look at the Avro Vulcan, its spellbinding and
I think is the best looking plane ever. There are plenty of
abstract-type photo opportunites up close with a Vulcan. IMHO the Vulcan
makes Concord look like a paper plane!
All the best,
Gareth.
(Now waiting to be shot down by the Concord Appreciation Society!).
Thomas Heide Clausen wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:14:09 +0100
Roger Wesson <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well if you should miss it at the air show, Concordes are still
flying out of Heathrow daily until October. I took some photos of
a concorde taking off a few years ago, nothing too great but nice
shots to have. Think I will have to make a trip over to Heathrow
during the summer to see if I can do better.
Hmm....heathrow, here I come. Now, I also just need to save up 10KEUR
so I can get to fly in one....and I thought funding for a 90/2 would
be hard to get by the CDFO...
A friend of mine who lives very near to Heathrow can't wait until
they are retired - that awesome roar is very impressive but I
suppose it gets boring if you hear it every day!
Bahh, herecy. If they'd keep flying these birds, I'd gladly live
right off the end of the runway :)
Anyways, I'll go to the Paris Air Show and practice photographing
flying aircrafts. Then, hit Heathrow :)
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University of Bristol
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