The
final ever Concorde flight, on 26th November 2003, was aircraft G-BOAF.
Departing from her in-service home of Heathrow for one last time, she
sped out over England to the Bay of Biscay for the last supersonic leg
ever to be flown by a Concorde. Finally she returned to the place of her
birth - Filton, where she touched down oh-so-reluctantly. The supersonic
dream is over. Taxiing slowly down the runway at Filton while Rolls Royce's
Spitfire rolled overhead, G-BOAF paused several times to salute the gathered
crowds at each end of the airfield. G-BOAF's engines were then shut down
for the last time at her place of birth. With the red carpet rolled out
and dignitaries assembled, Captain Mike Bannister - BA's chief Concorde
pilot - handed over the aircraft's log book to HRH Prince Andrew the Duke
of York who accepted it on behalf of the people of Bristol. |
