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Concorde to be Grounded

Posted by michael on from the you-couldn't-afford-it-anyway dept.

Goonie writes "This BBC article reports that Concorde flights are to come to an end in October. It may be a noisy and costly anachronism, but it's sad to see the end of perhaps the coolest commercial plane ever to fly." The financial wires carried a story the other day showing how much jet fuel demand has dropped recently.

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  1. Concorde fallacy... by SystematicPsycho · · Score: 2, Funny

    This mumbo jumbo was never going to fly from the beginning.(pardon the pun)
    Concorde (sunk-cost) fallacy

    Now, it's unfortunte that the Hollywood stars are going to have to go down a level and fly first-class like the rest of ... err like some people.

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  2. Sweet Concorde! by YAN3D · · Score: 5, Funny
    Lancelot: Sweet Sweet concord, you will not have died in vain..


    Concorde: Im not quite dead sir

  3. Re:Where are the Concorde replacements? by vimes · · Score: 3, Funny

    > good luck finding a train to europe!

    found one. folkstone to calais:
    http://www3.eurotunnel.com/

  4. The concord : A fair and balanced point of view. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been watching Foxnews and they told me how simple this world is :

    France = bad
    UK = good

    The concord is a french and british invention, so it's hard to decide if it's good or bad.

    Help !

    ATrollWhoNeedsHelp.

  5. Re:Unreplaced by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Can anyone think of a parallel situation in the computing field?. Where an outdated technology is made redundant, yet whose performance has not be exceeded.

    OS/2?

  6. I was grounded once ... it sucked by Sgs-Cruz · · Score: 1, Funny
    In addition, the British and French governments, the Concorde's parents, have also taken away the Concorde's access to the Buick for making too much noise over populated areas.

    And they've cut off its access from its girlfriend, the Airbus A380 (that's okay, she's huuuuge anyway). In response, the Concorde was quoted as saying "Screw them. Freakin nazi parents run this aviation industry. That's okay, I have a PS2 in my room anyway."

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  7. Re:sad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    This is why I became a computer scientist, i.e. to make money quick and then...
    ...lose it all in a market crash.
  8. Re:It's a 30 year old design by motardo · · Score: 3, Funny
    You make a good argument, but it's actually even better than you realize. There are plans to turn B-52's into aerial "artillery" platforms by refitting them with nuclear engines, which will allow them to circle a battlefield continuously for periods ranging from several days up to a couple of weeks. If this plan goes through, the USAF stated they may extend the service life anywhere from 50 to 100 additional years.


    that's JUST what we need, flying chernobyls
  9. Re:My experiences on the Concorde by tcr · · Score: 2, Funny

    Also, each passenger received a gift, (on this flight it was a 1994 date planner.)

    On the reverse, it said "I spent £3,000 on a plane ticket and all I got was this lousy calendar".
    :-)

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  10. Re:Shame - how is it "almost" as fast? by ninkendo84 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but its quanti-sonic architecture makes it do more work per mach-cycle, making mach .95 seem more like mach 2.2

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  11. Re:Another dream gone ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sorry your majesty, us commoners can't seem to pony up the $15.000(US) to fly on the Concorde. That must mean our lives are miserable.