Today In History:  22 October  [1977]   --  First flights of Concorde to New York

First commercial flights of a Concorde from Europe to New York. Two aircraft were due to arrive in New York on the same day -- Air France's Concorde was the first to arrive, touching down at JFK from Paris CDG at 08:25, while British Airways jet arrived from Heathrow just over an hour later, at 09:30. JFK would continue to be an important destination for the rest of Concorde's career

PHOTO: Concorde landing at Farnborough (UK) in September 1974

Photo Copyright ©  Steve Fitzgerald GFDL 1.2  via Wikimedia.

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