Concorde Windsor Castle, an honour reserved for state events and visiting dignitaries, as Concorde's last west-bound commercial flight departed London. British Airways retired its Concorde fleet on 24 October 2003. G-BOAG left New York to a fanfare similar to that given for Air France's F-BTSD, while two more made round trips, G-BOAF over the Bay of Biscay, carrying VIP guests including former Concorde pilots, and G-BOAE to Edinburgh. The three aircraft then circled over London, having received special permission to fly at low altitude, before landing in sequence at Heathrow. The captain of the New York to London flight was Mike
HMS Concorde (1783) 9 September she captured four privateers, the 8-gun "Buonaparte", 10-gun "Amazone", 4-gun "Sauveur" and 2-gun "Fortune". "Concorde"s success against privateers continued with the capture of the 18-gun "Prudente" on 14 February 1799 and the 6-gun "San Josef" off Oporto in December 1800 and the 1-gun "San Miguel el Volante" on 1 December 1800. "Concorde" had a narrow escape from a French squadron under Rear-Admiral Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume, which had sailed from Brest on 23 January 1801. The French sighted "Concorde" off Cape Finisterre on 27 January, and the 40-gun "Bravoure" was sent to chase her down. "Concorde" cast off