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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 7:48 pm
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Never flew on Concorde, but still got to see the inside of one.

I volunteered at the YEG Airshow in 1996 as a member of the groun crew. Concorde was offering a flight out through the Canadian North and back to YEG, a donation to Charity got pax on the flight.

For my duties I got to walk all around Concorde, go into the cargo holds, tidy the cabin up, and see the flight deck. Concorde was really small on the inside and large on the outside.

Unfortunately I was on the other side of the airport when a seat came available for one of the Charity flights. That's about a close as I got to flying Concorde.

Working the Concorde provided the best late for work story my boss had ever heard. Concorde took over 1 hour to service and fuel as the fuel truck had troubles hooking up and then it took 30 minutes to fill the tanks. After the Concorde was serviced, I rushed off to work only to be be 1/2 hour late. The boss didn't understand until later that night Concorde screamed over top his house. After that we always had a good laugh anytime I was a couple minutes late.
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