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Concorde in Hong Kong 1976

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Concorde in Hong Kong 1976

Post by waghorn41 » Fri Jul 19, 2019 7:19 pm

A few photos from way back when, well the better ones at least. Concorde demonstrator F-BTSC at Kai Tak. Hope you find them of some interest.
ImageConcorde Kai Tak by Ian Pursey, on Flickr
ImageBTSC 1 by Ian Pursey, on Flickr
ImageBTSC 2 by Ian Pursey, on Flickr
ImageConcorde detail by Ian Pursey, on Flickr
ImageC 040 by Ian Pursey, on Flickr
ImageC 050 by Ian Pursey, on Flickr
ImageC 055 by Ian Pursey, on Flickr
ImageC 059 by Ian Pursey, on Flickr
ImageC 032 by Ian Pursey, on Flickr
ImageCon 04 by Ian Pursey, on Flickr
ImageCon thru harbour by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

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Re: Concorde in Hong Kong 1976

Post by andygolfer » Sat Jul 20, 2019 8:01 am

what excellent memories Ian , thanks for posting them. It must have been quite an event for you (and the RAF) and a spectacular location for a take off.

I believe that was the only time the old air France scheme appeared on a Concorde - looks rather nice.

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Post by Mike » Sat Jul 20, 2019 3:56 pm

Wonderful shots Ian, thanks for sharing them with us all. :thumbs:
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Re: Concorde in Hong Kong 1976

Post by LondonEye » Sun Jul 21, 2019 6:54 pm

Interesting memories - always nice to see old photos. Thanks Ian.

Re the old Air France livery- F-WTSA went into Heathrow in October 1974.
Me and my mate used to phone each other if anything interesting was going into LHR. The conversation went....

" Did you see the Air France Concorde ?"
" No, but I saw the British Airways one ".

As you guessed, Air France old style livery one side (port I recall), British Airways the other.
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Re: Concorde in Hong Kong 1976

Post by RAF4EVER » Wed Jul 24, 2019 3:35 pm

Nice pics Ian,was also at Kai Tak at the same time,you got me into spotting back in 1977,we were both on WSF,Geoff Marsh

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Re: Concorde in Hong Kong 1976

Post by PorkScratching » Wed Jul 24, 2019 10:16 pm

Very interesting to see a Concorde in that older Air France livery.

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Re: Concorde in Hong Kong 1976

Post by andygolfer » Fri Jul 26, 2019 7:00 pm

RAF4EVER wrote:
Wed Jul 24, 2019 3:35 pm
Nice pics Ian,was also at Kai Tak at the same time,you got me into spotting back in 1977,we were both on WSF,Geoff Marsh

what a surprising coincidence! Hopefully you can meet up.

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