The end of Concorde
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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: