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Very cool. I have been on a Concorde, but just on the ground at RAF Duxford, England, at the aviation museum. Very tight cabin, but you wouldn't be on it very long.

I was boating on the Rez when it flew over. It was quite a sight. Wasn't it also the stimulus for referring to the Jackson airport as "international"?

Thanks for posting this. I was talking about it just last week. I was one of the hundreds on the big hill at the south end of the runway the day it flew in. It was very cool to see.

I toured the Concorde when it was here. Felt like a long tube. Very small windows. Watched it land in Oshkosh EAA fly in also. Forgot how many pounds of rubber it leaves on the runway but a lot.

"About like a Jackson street." Lol, what's past is prologue

Yes, that one flight, approach and departure of the Concorde to JAN gave the airport it's official title of "International". Did a couple of slow flight circles over the new Northpark Mall. It was quite the treat.

Yey.

1988. Better days when there was confidence in the present and a certainty of a better future. Unlike today when we seem to be entering a dystopian nightmare. Now we know that our best days are behind us and we remineisce about what we have lost.

1:03 for the win.

Boy Mayor Chowke was right - Jackistan is an international destination. The world class zoo and robust downtown made the different. As a bonus, how many cities have potholes with their own zipcode, right?

Remember the space shuttle doing two passes around jacksonon the back of the 747? I watched it while standing on top of a Flavorich milk truck in the parking of a sandwich shop on state street next door to the delta muffler shop. That was a pretty cool sight as well.

Wat back when, I was doing a vendor audit on an injection molding company in Nacogdoches, TX. They had a VP of sales who picked me up at DFW in the company plane (A twin engine Bonanza Baron). We were taxiing down a ramp toward our runway, one of maybe 12 aircraft queued for takeoff. Suddenly, The Concord pulls out and takes the place in line directly behind us. I felt so important, until the pilot informed my the Concord had priority and we would pull aside and let them pass by us in line. At least I got to watch it take off, and then we did.

I witnessed 'The Missing Man Flyover' at the graveside service for Governor Fordyce. Standing beside me was his black lab. That was an important moment. The rest is minutia.

$9275.00 in todays money. I think thats pretty reasonable for a trip on Concorde, 4 days in London and a ride back on QEII.

Nov. 5 @ 2:02 - You seem imminently well qualified to serve on the Jax Airport Authority.