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Transcript: Profile: History of the Concorde
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- July 25, 2000
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Profile: History of the Concorde
Host: LINDA WERTHEIMER
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM
LINDA WERTHEIMER, host:
We're joined by Jon Proctor, who is the editor of Airliners magazine.
He is at his office in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Mr. Proctor, as we have heard, this is the first time a Concorde has
crashed in the entire service of this supersonic airplane. Why do
you think this aircraft has such a good record to this point?
Mr. JON PROCTOR (Editor, Airliners): Well, the Concorde is a very
unique airplane. It's the only commercial airliner in service that
flies at supersonic speeds. Because of the nature of the construction
and what they have to do, they're ...