flyerNY
Ahhh....great video.....still brings a tear to my eye!
On many occasions we watched, with fond amusement, as taxying aircraft mysteriously seemed to slow down or speed up, in order to position themselves for a good view of a Concorde departure or arrival.
The best view at JFK, at one time, was achieved by being number one at the holding point for 04L when Concorde was departing on 22R. As she turned right (to establish on the JFK 233R) as soon as the RoC >500 fpm, this would give the aircraft at the 04L holding point a real close up view of her.
In later years, the NA procedure/SID was amended to prohibit any turns before passing the threshold of 04L.
Port Authority police cars often seemed to find an important task that required them to park on the grass, right beside the runway edge, about two thirds of the way down, around the time of a Concorde departure!
Happy Days