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Archive date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:49:37 GMT
(11 Aug 1999) Natural Sound
Two hundred passengers paid 1,500 pounds sterling (2,400 US dollars) each on Wednesday to travel on two eclipse-chasing Concorde jets.
The planes made a supersonic chas
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e of the moon's shadow over the Earth from a cloud-free 55,000-feet.
It was a unique way to view the last total Solar Eclipse of the millennium.
The path of the Moon's shadow (umbra) began in the Atlantic and crossed central Europe, Turkey, Iran and India, where it ends at sunset in the Bay of Bengal.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
'As we chase the total eclipse of the sun, it's still going 650 miles per hour faster than us but we will remain in the shadow and during that time, our 100 passengers will get the opportunity to swap seats to make sure that they're in the correct seat to experience all that is involved.'
SUPERCAPTION: Captain Bannister, Concorde Pilot
SOUNDBITE: (English)
'It's the fulfilment of a lifetime's ambition but it's also a wonderful way to spend a wedding anniversary.'
SUPERCAPTION: Voxpop, Concorde passenger
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