Concorde and her rival

[VEGAS]

Hi folks,

Rarely were these two aircraft photographed together in an airworthy capacity at least.

Amazing photo. And to think this aircraft was destroyed the next day.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Aeroflot ... 1469143/L/

Right I think a trip to Sinsheim is on the cards at some point.

[WhisperJet]

Absolutely fantastic picture.
Makes you shiver knowing the fate of this machine...

Cheers,

Nick

[VEGAS]

Indeed it does mate.

I recall all sorts of rumors as to the cause of the Tu-144 crash.

The footage of it was grainy and unclear, although its obvious the pilot was pushing the aircraft way beyond its limits.

[John]

I'm sure we all know the excellent concordestt website, but there's some great stuff on the sister TU144 site, including videos of both aircraft from that fateful day..

http://www.tu144sst.com/accidents/01-2a.html

Kind regards

John

PS look at the almost vertical angle after rotation of Concorde after rotation in one of the videos!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu4JoOaX ... r_embedded