Damn!! missed it.
Beautiful aircraft and my travels around the world have 14 logged including the 2 prototypes G-BSST at Farnborough 1970 and F-WTSS at Orly 2008.
Got up really close to G-BOAC which is parked at the Manchester Airport viewing area.
Pretty sure that G-BSST visited Sydney in 1972 as I was still living at my parents place after arriving in Oz in April that year.
G-BOAE visited Sydney in 1985 and for those of you who remember, it was parked at the Jet Base and Qantas Drive and a few other roads were all jam packed with cars (to hell with the signs!).
From memory we had about 5 or 6 visits from the BA/AF fleet.
Very popular with the general public but I think the sad crash out of CD Gaulle would have put people off of actually flying on one.
Now we have to wait for Virgin Galatlic in a few years time.
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