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Formation flight, 10 years of supersonic commercial aviation

16:01, 16:03, 16:05 British Summer Time: watching the last three Concordes touching down in formation and then taxying even the remotest part of Heathrow airport as a spectacular finale to an era was both a moving and sad event. By all what can be said today, it marks both the end of commercial supersonic aviation and of the most special thing ever made in civil aviation. Very unimpressive the performance of Rod Eddington, CEO of British Airways: While commenting the event live on BBC World, he even didn't miss this special moment to mention that it's the shareholder, stupid.

VIDEO COVERAGE
BBC News: Concorde's final landing (Real Media link)
BBC News: Andrew Burroughs reports (Real Media link)

MORE BBC RESOURCES
BBC News: In Depth: Farewell to Concorde
BBC News: Concorde - my part in her history
BBC Bristol: Concorde special section
BBC Bristol: Flew in it, worked on it, love it - your views
BBC London: 360 degrees tours of the inside
BBC London: Your Concorde memories

ELSEWHERE
Scotsman: Concorde says last goodbye to city
Wired: Fast Flight to Nowhere
IHT: Goodbye, Concorde, and good riddance
Guardian: No need for sentimental goodbyes
Economist: The less beautiful future of international business travel
Royal Windsor Website: Concorde Diary

For the more technically inclined reader, ConcordeSST.com still is the place of choice.

IN THE ARCHIVES
2003-04-12: Boys need Toys: The Concorde - soon, The Sound of Silence
2003-04-21: Concorde Retirement Update
2003-07-28: The Sinsheim Concorde has arrived
2003-09-22: Concorde 1971: Die tollsten Vögel des Jahrhunderts!
2003-10-24: Airborne - for the very last time
2003-10-24: Skybird: final lift-off
2003-10-24: Concorde: Two for eternity
2003-10-24: Concorde: Where do we fly next?