re: #552 bofhell

Dunno about the 380, but the Concorde was “Speedbird” When I had an office further out I-66 years ago, it was in one of the taller buildings and looked out to the West. The Concorde would routine fly by. Say what you will, she was a beautiful plane in-flight.

Speedbird is the call-sign for any British Airways flight. I know this, because I sat in the cockpit of a 747-400 during the landing at JFK in 1993. The pilot, co-pilot and ground control repeatedly used this call.