No more Concorde flights
     
For many years since the late 1970's, villagers had heard and seen Concorde flying over twice a day on scheduled flights to New York. It was instantly recognisable by its unique shape and the sound -much louder than other aircraft overhead.

On 25th July, 2000, one of Air France's Concorde fleet crashed just after take-off from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, killing more than 100 people.

  

British Airways Concorde flights were suspended on 15th August and had not restarted by the end of 2000.
View video Watch one of Concorde's last flights over Hendred before being suspended.