Concorde

The last commercial flight of the Concorde (BA) will take place
tomorrow when bird returns to England from the US.

Lets all have a moment of silence for the passing of an era.

Big John

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Iowa City, IA
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Concorde passed over my house tonight at 18.23Z on her last flight to New
York. The noise was terrific. She was a bit late as she normally comes over
during supper at about 17.50Z.

Whatever we stop eating and say she is on time, she late etc.

I can honestly say that I never got bored with Concorde or found the noise
intrusive.

Far more irritating is the whiny turbofans in the anonymous spam can
airliners from Boeing and Airbus.

I am sorry to say that Concorde is the last of the airliners with character
and style where air travel might still have been a bit of a pleasure rather
than just a cramped and crowded bus ride.

All that left now is to see three Concordes land in sequence tomorrow at
15.00Z as they return from New York, Edinburgh and a staff round the Bay
trip from LHR.

It is just a shame that Concorde will not be flying on 17th December.

Dave
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"Big John" wrote in message
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The last commercial flight of the Concorde (BA) will take place
tomorrow when bird returns to England from the US.

Lets all have a moment of silence for the passing of an era.

Big John

Absolutely.

A sad day indeed.

At the risk of being premature...

I cant help but wonder what comes after Concorde. Is that really it for
civilian supersonic travel? Surely all those in the fortunate position of
being able to afford it will still want/need a 3hr flight across the
Atlantic.

So does anyone know if there are any serious proposals for developing a
replacement or will they just wait for a civilian low orbit space shuttle??

Oops sorry you did request a moment of silence.

OK....

Rob

"Dave" wrote in message


It is just a shame that Concorde will not be flying on 17th December.

I understand there is a chance of that happening.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/...de_retirement/

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John T
Pics/video of Concorde in Washington, DC:
http://tknowlogy.com/tknoFlyer/flights.asp#031014
http://tknowlogy.com/tknoFlyer/flights.asp#030612
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"Big John" wrote in message
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So does anyone know if there are any serious proposals for developing
a replacement or will they just wait for a civilian low orbit space
shuttle??

Civilian sub-orbital is pretty close and the FAA is (or has) allowed
certification of X-Prize entrants so that occupants don't have to be trained
to near astronaut-level proficiency. I read a link recently
(Transterrestrialmusings?) talking about this and that it would help clear
the way for sub-orbital commercial flights between, say, LA and Tokyo.

Of course, that was just one man's opinion.

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http://tknowlogy.com/tknoFlyer
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Videos

http://www.britishairways.com/travel...m/public/en_us



"Big John" wrote in message
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The last commercial flight of the Concorde (BA) will take place
tomorrow when bird returns to England from the US.

Lets all have a moment of silence for the passing of an era.

Big John

At what point do they raise or lower the nose?

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 21:28:22 GMT, "Chuck" wrote:



At what point do they raise or lower the nose?



Being as it is a European aircraft, the nose is always raised upon
entering US airspace.


Big

Rich

Rob K writes:

I cant help but wonder what comes after Concorde. Is that really it for
civilian supersonic travel? Surely all those in the fortunate position of
being able to afford it will still want/need a 3hr flight across the
Atlantic.

Boeing seems convinced that greater speed (as opposed to greater
capacity) is what passengers will want in the future, and I agree.
Going supersonic, though, requires a staggering amount of development
and research ($34 billion was a figure I saw for the development of the
Concorde). It can be done. You have to get past the environmental
objections (most of which are bogus). The technical obstacles to making
it economical are substantial, although an aircraft that flies high
enough and fast enough would require less fuel than a conventional jet
(this is true for the SR-71, for example). Hypersonic aircraft might be
the next step, instead of supersonic, but who knows?

In any case, since current jets work "well enough," I don't think that
anyone will be sinking money into supersonic development any time soon.
Even the military has only limited use for supersonic aircraft.

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