Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Today In History: Texas lawn dart.

A Concorde jet, Air France Flight 4590, augered in, hitting a hotel in Gonesse, France, and marking the end of the first successful attempt at commercial supersonic air travel.
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3 comments:

Unknown said...

...giving birth to Air France's new slogan: "Concorde Service: Now Straight To Your Hotel!"

11:54 AM, July 25, 2007
Anonymous said...

...as opposed to Delta, who changed their motto to 'We get you close!' after flight 191 slapped the ground, a water tank, and a Toyota on the highway.

Regards,
Rabbit.

1:15 PM, July 25, 2007
Anonymous said...

But at least the landing gear was down. ;)

7:21 PM, July 25, 2007

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