Concorde remembered 20 years since final flight in Bristol
It's been 20 years since the last iconic Concorde plane flew over Bristol's skies, returning to its home city. Crowds gathered to watch the aircraft's piercing flight, with the plane's unmistakeable nose drooping as it came into land. Concorde meant so much to so many people, the engineers and designers who worked to create a plane that could go supersonic, the captains and air stewards who spent countless hours on board and not to mention the thousands of passengers who drank sparkling champagne while soaring through the skies. The aircraft's first commercial flight was on 21 January 1976 and its last was on 26 November 2003. To mark the anniversary, the last ever plane to take flight will turn its nose up and down later in a specially-built hanger in Bristol. One so-called nose droop had been due to take place at 11:30 GMT and another at 13:07 - the last moment it landed 20 years ago. Special guests will then have a lunch to share their memories of the ground-breaking plane. On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590 crashed shortly after take-off with all 109 occupants and four on the ground killed. This was the only fatal incident involving Concorde. Investigators later found one of the Concorde's tyres struck a small piece of sheet metal that had fallen from an aircraft that had taken off five minutes earlier. Commercial operations never fully recovered from publicity after the crash, and concerns over pollution and ground noise contributed to the joint Franco-British decision to cease Concorde flights in 2003.<br/>
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Concorde remembered 20 years since final flight in Bristol
It's been 20 years since the last iconic Concorde plane flew over Bristol's skies, returning to its home city. Crowds gathered to watch the aircraft's piercing flight, with the plane's unmistakeable nose drooping as it came into land. Concorde meant so much to so many people, the engineers and designers who worked to create a plane that could go supersonic, the captains and air stewards who spent countless hours on board and not to mention the thousands of passengers who drank sparkling champagne while soaring through the skies. The aircraft's first commercial flight was on 21 January 1976 and its last was on 26 November 2003. To mark the anniversary, the last ever plane to take flight will turn its nose up and down later in a specially-built hanger in Bristol. One so-called nose droop had been due to take place at 11:30 GMT and another at 13:07 - the last moment it landed 20 years ago. Special guests will then have a lunch to share their memories of the ground-breaking plane. On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590 crashed shortly after take-off with all 109 occupants and four on the ground killed. This was the only fatal incident involving Concorde. Investigators later found one of the Concorde's tyres struck a small piece of sheet metal that had fallen from an aircraft that had taken off five minutes earlier. Commercial operations never fully recovered from publicity after the crash, and concerns over pollution and ground noise contributed to the joint Franco-British decision to cease Concorde flights in 2003.<br/>
