SUPERSONIC SPEED, STYLE, AND A SPACE AGE THRILL From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: July 26, 2000| Author: ALEX NUSSBAUM, Staff Writer | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The Record (Bergen County, NJ)

07-26-2000

SUPERSONIC SPEED, STYLE, AND A SPACE AGE THRILL -- FLYING THE CONCORDE
By ALEX NUSSBAUM, Staff Writer
Date: 07-26-2000, Wednesday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- Two Star B, Two Star P, One Star B

Sports superagent Leigh Steinberg jets to Europe throughout the
year, and his choice of transport is usually the Concorde -- the sleek,
pin-nosed airship that zips above the stratosphere at ...

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