| Author |
 Replies: 54 / Views: 7,182 |
|
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
Canada
11922 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3283 Posts |
Was it purchased in 1976?
|
|
Pillar of the Community
 United States
3486 Posts |
upstate,
Thinking of the Bicentennial? No, actually a few years earlier.
joseph7420,
Nebyl v Slovakie. But I spent a week in Prague. Stopped into a little coin shop but did not buy anything. No, coin not purchased there.
1962penny,
There is no Concord, CT. I was talking about the airplane.
I am beginning to hear heads banging out there!
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
739 Posts |
Quote:
On a dark and cloudless day
A Concord flew to chase away
The hungry moon from Sol's bright ray
And that, dear friends, is all I'll say. I interpret this as Concord flying during a solar eclipse. You have stated it was before 1976 (concord entered service) so were you a test pilot or other on concord (first flight 1969)  or are these clues more red herrings Edited by rooneydog
12/06/2013 10:11 am
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3486 Posts |
Oh rooneydog you flatter me! I used to be afraid of my own shadow!
Neither a pilot nor a passenger was I.
Darn, I should NOT have given a time frame.
Most definitely, your interpretation is spot on.
I DID see the Concord, sitting on the tarmac, as I was boarding another plane.
What a beautiful monster it was.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
739 Posts |
France
Paris
Aéroport de Paris Nord
Charles de Gaulle
1974
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3486 Posts |
If I dare to comment, rooneydog, I'll give a lot away.
The coin was not bought in France.
You may forget about Britain as well. Never there.
I was also in Luxembourg, Belgium and The Netherlands.
Any guessers?
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
739 Posts |
I think I jumped the gun with my last answer - confused about the airport thing  How about USA 1973 Dallas Arrived in Dallas, left via Fort Worth or visa versa at the new airport where Concord 002 made its 1st landing to mark the opening. |
|
Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
739 Posts |
This also makes interesting reading (if you were a scientist Matthew) Quote:
Observations
This eclipse was observed by a group of scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory using two airplanes to extend the apparent time of totality by flying along the eclipse path in the same direction as the Moon's shadow as it passed over Africa. One of the planes was a prototype of what later became the Concorde, which has a top speed of almost 1,300 miles per hour (2,100 km/h). This enabled the scientists to experience a period of totality that lasted more than 74 minutes, nearly 10 times longer than is possible when viewing a total solar eclipse from a stationary location.[1] From the Eclipse of 1973 |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3283 Posts |
Quote:
thinking of the Bicentennial? No I was actually in the same mindset as rooneydog, trying to find out what an eclipse and a concord had in common. We did manage to weasel a bit of a timeframe out of you though :) Edited by upstate
12/06/2013 2:26 pm
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3486 Posts |
matthewvincent, after eating a big bowl of his homemade chicken soup, is huddled
in a corner sucking on his thumb. His last coherent words were:
"Scientists, scientists, what do scientists know anyway?"
I know for a fact that he changed flights in Dallas on his way to the west coast but
that does bear on coins in any way.
What's that matthew? "Blinded by the sun's light!" He is totally incoherent now. Let's let the poor fellow alone for a bit.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3283 Posts |
I will guess:
1-Maria Theresa Thaler
2-USA
3-Dallas
4-Dallas international is located between the cities Dallas and Fort Worth.
when you land your in one city, when you take off your in the other
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3486 Posts |
"Arise, and to the work at hand" Raise your eyes, the future is yours." "Oh my country, how God holds you in safety" "Faithful to your ancestors who watch over you" Hints, or red herrings?  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1053 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3486 Posts |
A false hint; a means of throwing one off the course. A diversion.
Not at all an honest thing to do.
|
| |
Replies: 54 / Views: 7,182 |
First Page
Posted 12/06/2013 07:43 am
