'Three decades ago, the world hadn't seen anything like it'

From: The Scotsman | Date: April 11, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

ELEVEN miles high, in the indigo-blue of the stratosphere, the most advanced passenger jet in history screamed across the sky at 1,400mph in a winning race against the sun.

Breakfast in London and lunch in Newfoundland, where we would arrive - technically - one hour before we left.

It was 1975 - Concorde "204" was on transatlantic trials.

At 60,000ft, the only disturbance was the quiver on the surface of orange juice in a crystal glass. The imperceptible force of gravity pressed us to the seats in an inordinately long, slim tube of an aircraft - 204ft long, equivalent to a Jumbo but a ...

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