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 And for supersonic airline fans, the Concorde lounge at Barbados Airport:

https://v.nostr.build/b8Ac0nGpTy278vRp.mp4
 
 I can smell the burning bodies from here. 
 Oh Sats 😔 
 I’m old enough to remember. 

IMO it was not natural. What better way to ground it forever than put it on tv for all to see. 
 I flew on one in 1997, my claim to fame is I couldn’t wait for it to break the sound barrier so I went to the toilet and pissed through Mach 1 
 Hilarious. And impressive tbh. 
 Lucky you! My father experienced this as well. London to NY. I didn’t get to. I do hope to in my lifetime. 
 There are several companies building new supersonic planes and of course Elon believes that Starship heavy will one day whisk people from London to Sydney in around 45 minutes.

Having flown Concorde, in some definitions, I am an astronaut having reached a cruising altitude of 60,000 ft 
 AstroMike 🫡 
I’ve read the same. That’ll be a dream come true for me. 
 Elon and Bitcoin will probably fix that for you! 
 But Elon’s got a government job now 😄 
 True 😂