[JYO] One last Concorde lands

One last Concorde lands
From correspondents in Chantilly, Virginia
October 15, 2003

FOR the last time, a sleek white Concorde slid through the skies over the 
suburbs of the US capital today.

The supersonic plane was greeted with a water cannon salute when it landed at 
Washington Dulles International Airport as part of a British Airways farewell 
tour. 
"It is wonderful. I never thought I would ever do it, and I did it, and I'm 
just like a child 7 years old on Christmas Eve," white-haired Rita Woods of 
Colonial Beach, Virginia, said. 
Flights on the Concorde generally start at $6500 one way, and Woods said she 
would be "eating a lot of peanut butter" to make up for what she spent. 
The Concorde's last trans-Atlantic flight will be October 24, from New York 
City back to London.

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