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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. Re:Subsonic almost-as-fast by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 0, Troll

    oooooh....

    150mph eh?

    that must be the fastest train in the world! ;-]

    RIP Concorde, killed by American stupidity and vested interests.

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