[SOC] Concorde

Sat, 25 Oct 2003 01:04:47 +0100

Hi Chris,

I no longer hold a grudge but I agree that it was probably American
intransigence (jealousy?) that stopped Concorde from being a proper
commercial success.

Initial options on some 200 airframes were dropped due mainly, I believe to
objections to her flying in American airspace.

Thirty odd years isn't bad for a type however.

I still remember the feeling of dismay when the jigs were ripped up at
Filton. This confirmed that no more were to be made.

In my humble, the two most beautiful aircraft ever constructed are Concorde
and the Avro Vulcan.

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Redding" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Concorde

> Yes Paul, it was a bitter-sweet experience seeing the 'National Roar'
> land at LHR for the last time.
> It's a painful reminder of what we used to be, and what we were once
> able to do.
> It's the last machine built 'because we can', over here anyway.
> Just imagine if someone tried to build Concorde today.  The accountants
> would laugh in your face, and the NIMBYs would be writhing around on the
> ground clutching their ears in agony whenever it appeared overhead.
> Just a pity that the USA wasn't involved in it, it would not have fallen
> foul of American 'Not Invented Here' syndrome, and we would all be
> jetting around the world at Mach 3 in 300-seat swing-wing Concordes by
> now, instead of being packed like sardines into Mr Boeing's
> 'accountants-with-a-wind tunnel' designed anonymous 'profit centres'.
>
> Chris G4PDJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Bartlett <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 6:46 PM
> Subject: [SOC] Concorde
>
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Today is a proud day for me tinged with sadness.
> >
> > Concorde's last commercial flight touched down at Heathrow around four
> > o'clock this afternoon.
>
>
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