By Michael J. Carroll In 1995, I had the pleasure of working on a very special Concorde charter that holds the record today for the fastest circumnavigation of the planet by a commercial or private airplane. At the time, I was in charge of Air France media relations for the U.S. market, based in New…
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Par Larry DiamondAir France Flight Dispatcher JFK 1957 – 1997 Larry se souvient d’une blague faite au commandant Chemel … Nous sommes en octobre 1987 et je briefe un équipage du Concorde – Captain Edouard Chemel et le copilote Pierre Grange. J’en viens à me vanter de ma BMW 325i de 1987 que je viens…
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By Larry DiamondAir France Flight Dispatcher JFK 1957 – 1997 Larry remembers a joke played on the captain Chemel …. It’s October 1987 and I’m briefing a Concorde Crew – Captain Chemel and Co-Pilot Pierre Grange. I find myself bragging about my newly purchased 1987 BMW 325I. Captain Chemel interjects, stating “BMW is not a…
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