Blackbird
The video is of a Spitfire taking off--notice with not much runway required.
Concorde
We walked through the cabin and "found our seats." The last flight was in 2003; it was discontinued mainly for economic reasons. Alas, our flight over took the usual 8 hours.
It is easy to see why Sally B is a favorite. It is the only airworthy B-17 in the UK. Based at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, it is usually on static display. We were fortunate that the pilots were flying that day in preparation for an October air show. Sally B enjoyed her first TV role in 1981 as B-17 'Ginger Rogers' in London Weekend Television’s 'We’ll Meet Again'. In 1989 she starred with four other B-17s in the film 'Memphis Belle' and is the plane shown coming home from the final mission.
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