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Concorde's last flight

Today was a sad day in aviation history. The last Concorde to roll off the production line in Filton, Bristol (G-BOAF) made her last flight by returning home to Filton. She was officially handed over by Bristish Airways into the care of Airbus UK. Since I currently work for Airbus I was lucky enough to get to see this event with my own eyes. Before she came into land her flight path took her around the local area which included flying over the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the Downs which is where Berit, and a few thousand other people, bid her farewell.

It seems sad to think that this was her last flight but we all hope that one day she may return to the sky once more. Looks like the flight crew did too since they made a wonderful gesture by jamming one of their Flight Caps, which they all signed, into a gap which opens up during flight due to the aircraft expanding from the heat generated when flying at over twice the speed of sound. The only way to remove this is once again to fly supersonic, fingers crossed eh :-)