More than 26 years ago, Concorde was the main attraction at Bournemouth Airport with thousands turning out to see its arrival and famous drooping nose cone land in Dorset in August 1996 to mark the extension of the airport’s runway.
Stephen Bath, then joint managing director of Bath Travel, was responsible for organising Concorde’s charter flight to Bournemouth.
Concorde arrived from Heathrow that day to enormous crowds, with 25,000 people in the general area.
There were around 5,000 people allowed on the ground at the airport to see the plane. Another 100 had paid £600 to leave Bournemouth by Concorde that afternoon.
They flew supersonic at Mach 2 (around 1,522mph) over the Atlantic and enjoyed a champagne lunch before landing at Heathrow and taking a coach back to Bournemouth.
What are your memories of that fantastic day?
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