Four years after Lufthansa launched direct flights between Calgary and Frankfurt with much fanfare, the German airline announced it will be pulling out next month.
The carrier is currently offering four non-stop flights per week, but has scheduled its last flight out of the Calgary International Airport for Feb. 4.
“The response from the market really hasn’t met our expectations over the last year or so,” said Lufthansa spokesman Martin Riecken.
“Accordingly, we’ve decided to end this service for now. There are no plans to reinstate this service, but it’s not being ruled out for a possibility in the future.”
Is that delta wing near the top right the Concorde?
Most likely. The Seattle Museum of Flight has a Concorde on display (I'm assuming this photo was taken at the Boeing facilities in Seattle and further assuming that the museum is nearby; both assumptions could be wrong).
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Google Maps confirms that is indeed the Museum of Flight, so I would say that is definitely a Concorde.
Most likely. The Seattle Museum of Flight has a Concorde on display (I'm assuming this photo was taken at the Boeing facilities in Seattle and further assuming that the museum is nearby; both assumptions could be wrong).
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Google Maps confirms that is indeed the Museum of Flight, so I would say that is definitely a Concorde.
funny, in my mind's eye Concorde was always bigger than that.
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I went through that museum back in 1999...well worth the trip. They've got a pile of very rare exhibits there. For example? In the Google Earth photo (directly to the left of the Concorde), is the original "Air Force One", preserved exactly as it was during the JFK era. Inside the building you will find the only surviving M-21 (a CIA project to launch a high speed (D-21) drone off the back of their A-12 [SR-71] spyplane) and the only known surviving Fw 190D-13. They've certainly filled the ramp space since my visit...might require a "do-over" in the near future...
Do the "Boeing" tour through Everret as well...makes you feel pretty small when you're standing up on that catwalk in the middle of the 747 production line.
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How come when the pilot has his hand on the "joystick" or whatever you would call it, he is moving it around quite a bit but it doesn't really look like the plane responds to what he is doing?
