![]() ![]() (I've toured her, but apparently the experience is currently closed.)īA also operated scheduled services to Washington and Bahrain three times per week, Miami with a stopover in Washington, and to Toronto during the summer. BA also operated during the winter to Barbados (BGI), and there is a Concorde parked at Grantley Adams Airport. JFK delayed the arrival of Concorde service due to concerns about noise. That honor rests with Washington's Dulles airport, which granted permission for the Concorde to land there. BA 003/004, the Phil Collins flight, left in the evening.īut JFK wasn't the first destination for BA's Concordes. The flights were timed to leave LHR at 10:30 am, arriving at 9:30am in New York, just in time for a meeting on Wall Street or in Midtown. The British Airways Concorde takes off from Heathrow (Image by David Parker/BWP Media/Getty Images)īA operated Concorde on flights BA 001 and BA 002 to and from New York's JFK, departing in the morning. Only the Concorde - part regularly scheduled airliner and part exclusive shuttle to stars, business leaders and politicians - could have made this possible. The three-hour flight minus the five-hour time zone difference between the UK and the East Coast meant Collins landed in New York two hours before leaving London. He landed at JFK, again boarded a helicopter, and played at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. Collins played Wembley at 4pm, then left via helicopter to London Heathrow to meet the evening Concorde flight to New York. Collins wanted to play at both concerts, and the Concorde was the tool of choice. The likes of U2, Freddie Mercury, Phil Collins and more played Wembley stadium Madonna, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty headlined in Philadelphia, an ocean away. In 1985, a star-studded lineup of musicians played Live Aid in London and Philadelphia. The story of how Phil Collins played a mega-concert on two continents on the same day is a classic example of how stars used the supersonic jet. The Concorde is the stuff of aviation legend, yes - but also of rock and roll and show business legend. ![]()
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