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Concorde takes off at Kennedy amid noise concerns test
The Concorde arrives at Kennedy Airport for a high profile familiarization flight with protesters predicting loud takeoffs. Authorities seek to keep takeoff noise under Port Authority limits while Gov. Carey vows continued legal action to block operations. The jet, flying from Toulouse to New York, traveled 3800 miles in just over three hours reaching speeds up to 1350 mph before subsonic passage near Hyannis.
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