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supersonic swansong Next month Concorde takes off for the last time. Simon Mills celebrates the sexiest flying machine in the world and its heyday of jet-set excess
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A couple of years ago Sean 'Puffy' Combs was sitting aboard a New
York to Paris Concorde flight that had just touched down at Charles
de Gaulle. With the plane still taxiing towards its bay, he pulled
out his cellphone.
Spotting his slightly unsure hand hovering over the keypad, a
Puffy minion explained helpfully, 'You have to dial 001 to call a New
York cellphone, even if the person is in France.' Combs spun around
in his midnight-blue leather seat and lowered his sunglasses. 'Yo,
Jeff, excuse me,' he said. 'This is my 14th Concorde flight. I am an
international player. I'll tell you how to ...
