The end of Concorde
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British Airways and Air France announced today that they would be withdrawing concorde from service this summer. This is a shame (but an economic innevitability) becausse (a) it is one of the few commercial aircraft types I haven't flown in and (b)it is perhaps the most aesthetically pleasing vehicle ever created. Oh well - anyone lend me £8000 for a ticket before it's too late? '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd
Real shame :( I'll miss it flying over the office at about 10:50 each morning. I remember having the company annual meeting in a marquee in the grounds of the offices, and the speaker had to wait for Concorde to pass over because it was too loud to carry on talking. It has to be said that that was one of the high points of the day :D
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What a sad day . The best looking commercial plane in the world . But not only that , the news is dire for the consequences it brings , Micheal Winner will now have to travel with us prols . Am I the only one forever playing catch up with technology , while all the juicy opportunites keep rolling by ?
Andrew Torrance wrote: the news is dire for the consequences it brings , Micheal Winner will now have to travel with us prols And us with him :~ The tigress is here :-D
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Good way to bump up the prices. "Be one of the last to fly the Concorde!" They should set up a bidding system for the last flight. Start at 8000 quid and the sky is the limit. Think I will climb into one of the wheel arches ;)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Shog9: Paul "The human happy pill" Watson
I've been in the nose cone - far more room than the wheel arches IMHO (if you don't mind getting fried by the radar...). I image that we will still see it flying at airshows etc but that just isn't the same as it flying over your house everyday:) "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" - Albert Einstein
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Good way to bump up the prices. "Be one of the last to fly the Concorde!" They should set up a bidding system for the last flight. Start at 8000 quid and the sky is the limit. Think I will climb into one of the wheel arches ;)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Shog9: Paul "The human happy pill" Watson
Paul Watson wrote: Think I will climb into one of the wheel arches Don't forget to bring your camera Paul. Regards, Brian Dela :-)
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British Airways and Air France announced today that they would be withdrawing concorde from service this summer. This is a shame (but an economic innevitability) becausse (a) it is one of the few commercial aircraft types I haven't flown in and (b)it is perhaps the most aesthetically pleasing vehicle ever created. Oh well - anyone lend me £8000 for a ticket before it's too late? '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd
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:( I really hoped that thing would have been viable. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.
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Paul Watson wrote: Think I will climb into one of the wheel arches Don't forget to bring your camera Paul. Regards, Brian Dela :-)
I notice you said "bring" and not "take"... :suss:
David Wulff
"i said no to noddy like 20 times but in the end i just couldnt say no to him anymore" - Wishful Thinking
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I notice you said "bring" and not "take"... :suss:
David Wulff
"i said no to noddy like 20 times but in the end i just couldnt say no to him anymore" - Wishful Thinking
:wtf::confused::confused::confused: Regards, Brian Dela :-)
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:wtf::confused::confused::confused: Regards, Brian Dela :-)
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He could take the camera from SA with him, or he could bring it to Ireland... ;) (David is being a grammar geek) ---
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Ah.. k.. Brian is crap at English anyway.. I think everybody knows that. Regards, Brian Dela :-)
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British Airways and Air France announced today that they would be withdrawing concorde from service this summer. This is a shame (but an economic innevitability) becausse (a) it is one of the few commercial aircraft types I haven't flown in and (b)it is perhaps the most aesthetically pleasing vehicle ever created. Oh well - anyone lend me £8000 for a ticket before it's too late? '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd
My father flew in Concorde once from the UK to the US. Unfortunately, he didn't fly back in it - he stayed a while and returned on a regular old Jumbo. When I asked him what it was like and how it felt, he said he couldn't remember because he fell asleep before they even went supersonic :omg: