The love affair with Concorde

Concorde flew regular transatlantic flights from London Heathrow to New York JFK, operated by British Airways, between 1977 and 2003 when the aircraft was retired. This enabled passengers to travel between the two cities in less than three and a half hours, travelling at over mach 2, or twice the speed of sound.

Concorde was the aircraft of choice for the rich and famous between London and New York and amongst the celebrities that used the aircraft were Diana Ross, Phil Collins, Mick Jagger, Joan Collins, Sean Connery, Elton John and Rod Stewart. This video, which shows the farewell and very last departure of Concorde from JFK, always puts a lump in my throat from the loss of a baby which Londoners and New Yorkers had fallen in love with and which offered the best way to have breakfast between London and New York.