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Farewell To The Concorde

Posted by Hemos on from the good-bye-cruel-world dept.

mstamat writes "BBC has a number of features on the Concorde airplanes, the timeline of their existence and their retirement. Among else, there is a virtual tour of Concorde's cockpit and a few words from journalist Mary Goldring who was opposing Concordes from the start."

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  1. Technological regression by simulate · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The retirement of the Concorde is a rare example of technological regression. If our children ask us why airplanes don't fly faster, we can tell them we used to have supersonic commercial jets, but now we don't.

    This isn't necessarily bad since the Concordes lost money throughout their existence.

    What are some other example of technology regression, I wonder?

  2. where their customers are.. by martin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Documentary on BBC 2 last night..

    40 of their frequent flyers where killed in the WTC. Not only that, those 40 also authorised Concorde flights for their company's staff, so in that single day they lost a huge number of customers.

    It was one of my dreams to fly on Concorde, but by the time I had the cash to allow me a special trip I had a family to support, so my priorities are now elsewhere.

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