Tiger
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What about the TU-144 - the russian concorde - can hardly tell them apart.
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Super_si
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Doesnt fly does it
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Kerry
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concordi
The ill-fated Tupolev TU 144, a Russian Concorde clone, made little impact during its tragic lifetime
http://www.aircadetcentral.com/site/aviation_commercial_tu144.asp
[Edited on 24-10-2003 by Kerry]
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l33t corsa
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quote: Originally posted by Gambit
the charles de gaule incident was caused by a strip of loose metal dropped on the runway by another plane previous to when concorde took off
concorde hit it, cause the tyre to explode send bits into the wings and rupturing the fuel tanks.
There were other factors too.. there's a program on discovery every now and then with it all on.
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Adam
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quote: Originally posted by Super_si
Doesnt fly does it
There are 2 still in service as flying laboritories
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CORSA NUT
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Roger Ramjet!
Now THAT was a cartoon!
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DanielJ
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jimbo the jumbo
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