CONCORDE '76 'THE END OF THE BEGINNING'

摘要

Three, two, one... Brakes released. Full power. Clock started. Engines spooled up. Afterburners lit. Green lights showing everything OK. Go! Seconds later the heading is south-eastwards to Worthing and the Channel, while climbing to 25,000ft. It all seems so normal, so effortless. In reality it's been anything but. For today is unique, the culmination of a decade-and-a-half's brilliant innovation and sheer hard work. British Airways' Concorde G-BOAA, with its complement of VIP passengers, is bound for Bahrain to open a new chapter in the history of air transport. And, in a choreographed double launch, Air France Concorde F-BVFA has departed for Rio de Janeiro at precisely the same time.