2023-10-22 18:29:43
Final triumphant landing amid cheers and tears. On May 31, 2003, as for several days already, the farewell to the Air France Concorde. The final flight took place on October 24. But on this spring Saturday, the French crews are like knockouts on their feet. “I have the impression that it’s not true, that it’s not possible,” confided the cabin manager. Twenty years later, she has kept her uniforms and all the symbols of the man she calls her “beautiful lover”. Paris-New York in just 3 hours 45 minutes, a service with no downtime, but without compromising on luxury: 8,600 euros for a round trip. Audacity, challenge, that’s Concorde, from the design starting in 1962. No computer, everything is drawn and often built by hand, like the life-size pattern of the famous delta wing, until the first takeoff in 1969, in Toulouse. More details in the video at the top of this article. TF1 | Report O. Santicchi, T. Valtat
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