Concorde to bow out with bubbly.(News)

From: The Journal (Newcastle, England) | Date: October 24, 2003 | Copyright information

Concorde will bow out in style today with celebrity guests enjoying a champagne breakfast on board the supersonic passenger plane's last flight.

Actress Joan Collins, TV celebrity Jeremy Clarkson and one of Concorde's most-frequent fliers, Sir David Frost, will be among the privileged 100 on the final British Airways flight from New York to Heathrow Airport.

Tucking into smoked salmon and caviar as well as lobster fishcakes, the guests will also have the chance to sample a 1986 Pol Roger Cuvee champagne named after Sir Winston ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Concorde takes slow boat to museum; Record-setting jet will become a permanent exhibit in New York
; ...the world have asked for a Concorde, and New York's is one of three doled out...He called it fitting that New York's Concorde is the one that in 1997 set...quipped, "Here's your present." New York's Concorde made its last flight from...
We will never forget the day we joined the jet set; AS THE END NEARS FOR CONCORDE, WE MEET COUPLES WHO FLEW ON FAMOUS PLANE
; ...transatlantic flight on Concorde is well beyond their...from Heathrow to New York can cost anything...planning to go to New York anyway." Little...by such glamour. Concorde has always held...great pity because Concorde is a piece of history...shopping trip in New ...
CONCORDE: 1969-2003: The eagles have landed.. welcome home.(News)
; ...airline staff and Concorde fans from all over...last flight from New York 100 celebrities...had set off from New York, another from Edinburgh...emotional tribute to Concorde. The 54-year-old...At 4.50pm the Concorde from New York was towed to a...Union flag. Just ...
Normal Person Flies Concorde
; ...92 more to get to New York) for the Concorde? By deciding to...they never say "the Concorde") bespeaks understated elegance. In New York -- the only U.S...crisp and clear New York weather, is fast. The Concorde's takeoff speed...
Go, go, go Concorde! She's up where she belongs ..(News)
; ...PIERS MORGAN, Editor, on Concorde SOME more vintage Krug, Mr...extraordinary days. The first Concorde passenger flight since the...first supersonic one into New York since September 11. Two facts...anthrax-ravaged, terrorist-torn New York right now is crazy. To do so on ...
CONCORDE: 1967-2003: The eagles have landed.. welcome home.(News)
; ...airline staff and Concorde fans from all over...last flight from New York 100 celebrities...had set off from New York, another from Edinburgh...emotional tribute to Concorde. The 54-year-old...At 4.50pm the Concorde from New York was towed to a...Union flag. Just ...
CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERRORISM: Aviation - Concorde returns and attracts both stars and gazers
; ...the environment. Concorde is a compromise. I drive a car too. "Concorde is just fantastically...convenient - it flies to New York in three and a...each other on the New York asphalt for another...Welcome back Concorde. You were missed...rushed into central New ...
AT 20, CONCORDE STILL FLYING HIGH
; ...designate a geriatric jet. The Concorde's youthfulness is preserved...not work hard. The seven Concordes in the British Airline...747 jumbo jets. A London-New York round trip for a 747 takes...twice as long as for a Concorde. Still, nobody claims...involving London, Paris and New ...
Concorde era ends with triple-landing finale
; ...passenger flight from New York, touched down last...British Airways Concordes. One flew from Edinburgh...pollutants it emitted. In New York, U.S. Rep. Anthony...toast to celebrate Concorde's demise. But tens...Thursday. Friday's New York-London travelers...its fleet of ...
Time flies: Concorde turns 30 // But supersonic jet's future may be in jeopardy
; ...class. A London-New York round trip runs...airlines also use their Concordes for special luxury...passenger who flew the Concorde back to Paris just...wanted to wear to a New York party. Passengers...the touchdown at New York's Kennedy airport...all. Wary of the ...