It did, for pre-certification "hot and high" (less dense air) trials in February '73.  Even as a lover of aircraft, Concorde really was in a class of its own. There were further supersonic trials off-shore from Cape Town in '76.

I never saw Concorde but it must have been very exciting. 

"Four vivid memories survive from that year.
"The school term had started with us all listening for the Concorde.  The slightest rumble had the whole class jostling at the windows."

(Concorde 'Hot and High' trials, Johannesburg 1973)

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Wonderful illustration for a touching moment. Such a soulful piece of artwork. 

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"Then Dad was transferred to PE.
"Marco and Maxine were due to return to the States, so we'd simply said our goodbyes and set off."

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Your paragraph is very expressive, the Volvo is eye candy for me but what impresses me the most, this ould easily be on the road through the North Eastern Cape / Free state, somewhere around Aliwal North. Even thelight says that - or maybe I am just projecting.
Anyway - I love your "The year we said goodbye series" and if I am picking up the pieces coreectly it happened to be a whole year after I was born 😊

I was delighted by the way this turned out.  Even the signs work.  This actually occurred in late '73 after the Saudis cut off most of global oil supply (a few months later than implied in the story).  The story is (mostly) fictional, but is bent around real events to resemble a memoir.

"Dad had bought a Volvo 122s for the journey.  Even in the larger car, it was a very long trip broken only by an overnight stop in Bloem.  The national speed limit had been reduced to 80 km/h to conserve fuel.  He'd put a sponge under the accelerator pedal, and Bob and I took turns helping him make sure that the B20B engine never nudged the flickering tongue past that magic number.  It felt as slow as the 50 written below it."

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So correct, right down to the wooden floor and Skoolskaal curtains - and a fire escape door

I am sometimes amazed by what the AI does.  I'm sure the Std 9s did string up a couple of fairy light ropes though.

This is one area where I've always felt jealous of people from smaller towns.  They definitely party better!

"Apart from listening to preposterous accounts of their exploits by some of my classmates, I hadn't thought about girls until I needed a partner for the matric dance.
"The girl I invited attended our sister school.  She was as awkward around boys.  I met her only because the two schools had arranged for joint dance classes that proved of little value on the night.
'In some ways, Cathy resembled Maxine.   She had long red hair, glasses, and wore retainers. The lower one had shiny bands around her eye-teeth.  I never discovered whether they were similar in any other ways because I had no idea what young women might like to talk about."

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