Today in flying history January 21 1976 - 40 years!
The first Concorde jets carrying commercial passengers simultaneously take off from London's Heathrow Airport and Orly Airport outside Paris at precisely 11:40am.
The London flight was headed to Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, and the Paris flight was headed to Rio de Janeiro via Senegal.
(Source: British Airways - Heathrow 21/1/1976)

courtesy of Grayson Ottoway
The London flight was headed to Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, and the Paris flight was headed to Rio de Janeiro via Senegal.
(Source: British Airways - Heathrow 21/1/1976)

courtesy of Grayson Ottoway