HiFi: old man's (end)game?

The final nail was more likely 9/11 killing demand and as already stated Airbus dropping spares supply.

 

Until the mid-90s, AF001 used to depart JFK at 1:00PM, to land in CDG at 10:45PM. I was working for PanAm as a A&E Mechanic/Machinist at the time and would go out behind Hanger 19 at the end of the runway frequently -lunch time- to watch the Concord taxi all the way to the end of 13R when the wind was coming out of the South -JFK's longest runway @ 14,511 feet. When Concord reached the end -no other aircraft came that deep to take of other than Antonov and to taxi to their hangers for maintenance/inspection including rarely Concord outside our Hanger 19- it would turn around apply brakes and await clearance from the tower while sitting there about a 10th mile in front of me. Then with brakes applied and throttle up plumes of brown exhaust shot back, ground shaking and air crackling, brakes released and she bolted down the runway until it was out of sight, then in the far distance you'd see it 's unique nose lift and away it went veering SW over Jamaica Bay and quickly out of sight again but you still heard it for another 30 seconds, in fact I lived 26 East of JFK and regularly heard that 1300 flight throttle up. I miss that too.

 

the font? pink fish media.

I had never noticed.

 

re: Concorde

My Father in law used Concorde many times (30-40+) and has various flight souvenirs that he picked up on the flights. He has them on a shelf in his office.

 

Have you ever thought about hiring a consultant to refresh the branding? Maybe they could rename it to a meaningless made-up word at the same time.

 

Ah, thanks for telling me as I thought I was having (another) memory moment. I was going to post it again, as I thought I had done, and then it wasn’t there. Just thought it was my brain not functioning, as per usual.

 

Ha ha. Staying with the age theme, like most of the biggest bands, it’s all downhill after their thirtieth birthdays.

 

Dark side of the moon sounds like it's playing at 17rpm
An utter snorefest of an album

 

Do a search on Devon Turnbull and/or OJAS.

 

I have twice found myself sitting in just the right window seat on a 'plane queuing behind Concorde for a dusk take-off. The roar was magnificent and watching the beautiful very long pale lilac glow from the afterburners behind the elegant shape was sensational. Very memorable occasions.

 

I actually I posed a question - do we need an audiophile pressing of Exodus - or any reggae for that matter since there is about to be a £100+ uhqr release. That's somewhat different to the case you are making here

 

I suspect youngsters don't go on any forums whatsoever regardless of subject. They're an archaic way of discussing/gaining info, only one step removed from mid 90s message boards. Reddit is the modern equivalent, so if you're want to attract youngsters to this hobby that's the place to focussing your attention.

And of course hifi itself is seen as archaic for all the other reasons mentioned.

 

Good Morning All,

I can remember watching/ hearing Concorde come into land when anchored off Bahrain. Any pictures showing it take-off or landing were always accompanied by very visible plumes of not fully burnt hydrocarbons - it wasn't the most efficient user of aviation fuel.

On a positive note it was fantastic looking aircraft.

Regards

Richard

 

In that case, what do you rate?