Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It was not that bad. I was fortunate enough to fly Concorde twice. It was small but not that small, and I had a good look round. I can imagine everything was done to reduce weight, including cabin staff. Weight is the bad thing in aviation, anything which requires power and agility, in fact. The London NY flight was about dinner long, so it was take off, eat, land. Pity it was only twice. An old boss who was a main board member for GM went to board meetings on Concorde. I think he made >100 flights... Frank D On 14 Nov, 2009, at 20:02, Douglas Sharp wrote: > When I was working in Gatwick, we used to go to the social club/pub > belonging to BA just around the corner from the Schlumberger offices. I > heard a story there that stewardesses recruited for the Concorde should > not exceed a certain height or weight limit, otherwise they wouldn't have > been able to serve the passengers in the narrow gangway between the seat > rows. > Douglas > > Greg Lorenzo wrote: >> Looks like a flying pencil from the inside: >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Greg+Lorenzo/Seattle_Museum_Concorde_18.jpg.html >> >> >> >> Greg Lorenzo >> >> Calgary, Canada >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information