Extreme Ironing on Concorde
Aug 15, 2003 | 6:40 pm
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Extreme Ironing on Concorde
It is possible that my place in history is now set, as the person who has ironed a shirt at the fastest speed and highest altitude :-)
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Thank you, Randy!!
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Thank you, Randy!!
[This message has been edited by Middle_Seat (edited 08-15-2003).]
Aug 16, 2003 | 9:31 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JohnG:
Hilarious !! Just curious...what did the other pax on Concorde say ?</font>
Hilarious !! Just curious...what did the other pax on Concorde say ?</font>
When we reached Mach 2 I told a busy FA what I was intending to do and she didn't object. I was extremely fortunate to receive assistance from my seatmate Ken who was not shy and was a skilled photographer. None of the pax said anything, although a few laughed...the flight featured a lot of people taking pix on the ground and in the air.
The "ironing board" was a book about the Concorde, which the pilots on both legs autographed. One of the FAs showed me her photo in the book, taken 17 years earlier.
On the return a week later we had much the same set of FAs, and the one I had spoken to remembered me and the stunt.
It was a lot of fun, and I really appreciate Randy's making it possible.
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Aug 16, 2003 | 2:56 pm
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I saw a programme on extreme ironing that featured the Extreme Ironing World Championships where a guy went down the river on a surfboard whilst ironing. And like ice skating judges were there to give points for technique, style and quality of the finished ironed product 
Aug 16, 2003 | 4:02 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by yevlesh2:
This joins the list of the strangest sites I've ever seen.</font>
This joins the list of the strangest sites I've ever seen.</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The iron wasn't actually on, was it?</font>