There isn't anything on www.metwashapirports.com yet about the last Concorde arrival yet, nor have I received any private correspondence that's encouraging. (There was one private note from someone at the Smithsonian denying that there'd be any muss or fuss for the arrival.) Thankfully, the monsoon season seems to have ended, so we might have good weather Thursday. The forecast is for overcast or partly cloudy, but that's still an improvement from last week. (This is not to say that bad weather would have kept me away anyway.) Will anyone from the list be at CDG for the take-off Thursday morning? If so, can you confirm to the list whether the flight is on time or not? :-) Nick At 10:07 PM 6/9/2003 -0400, Charles Walters wrote: >Have we heard any more about the arrival of the Concorde on Thursday and the >activities? > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Nick Laflamme" <dplaflamme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 1:11 PM >Subject: Last (Dulles) Concorde From Paris.... > > > > I submitted a question from www.metwashairports.com about Concorde arrival > > festivities and got the following in response. > > > > >Thank you for your inquiry into the arrival of the Concorde at Dulles. >At > > >present, plans are beginning to be formulated for its arrival on the > > >12th. We have had inquiries from the media and others, and will, as the > > >time draws nearer, be finalizing plans for the public and the media to > > >witness this momentous occasion. The Operations Division of MWAA will be > > >coordinating with Air France, the FAA, Public Affairs and other entities > > >to arrange the event. Public Affairs will also be issuing a press >release > > >at a later date, giving these plans and arrangements. The weather at the > > >time will affect the choice of the landing runway, which will be decided > > >much closer to the arrival time. Please be on the lookout for the >release > > >in the upcoming days. Thank you again for your inquiry. > > > > I'm not sure how much longer they can put off starting to publicize plans, > > but at least they're going to say something to someone before the 12th. >:-) > > > > Nick > >