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Source: Concorde exhibit at the Smithsonian, complete with photos of the South Africa flight (which was not its normal route). Also, the Concorde had other rou
by ghc 1y ago
Source: Concorde exhibit at the Smithsonian, complete with photos of the South Africa flight (which was not its normal route).
Also, the Concorde had other routes. I don't think those routes were even the first ones. I remember reading about Singapore and the Middle East, but according to this website: http://www.concordesst.com/history/destinations.html http://www.concordesst.com/history/destinations.html it even went to Barbados.
It looks like you can learn plenty more by googling or reading newspaper archives.
- dghlsakjg 1y agoYour source notes that those were charter destinations that were available. It’s really just a list of places that Air France or BA flew. It lists Denver, for example, but I can’t find a single other source that actually shows the Concorde having visited Denver. I’m not arguing that the Concorde only went to NY, London, and Paris. I’m arguing that it was never a critical link in medical supplies logistics, and that using just a little logic explains it. It mentions nothing about the Concorde being used for medical deliveries on charter, or at all. Nor have you substantiated using fighters for medical deliveries in its lieu, which was asserted. It also notoriously wasn’t viable for longer flights without refueling, which again, is another logistical and timing issue for medical flight. The rub with Concorde, or any supersonic jet, is that they are not allowed to operate supersonic over land. That makes it an expensive, fuel hogging, very loud, plane with special runway needs.