Concorde's Last Flight

[Linus]

Originally Posted by youmademerealise

Was it?

Compared to other planes it was a bloody deathtrap, no matter how many British engineers start blubbing to camera

Absolute nonsense.

[Amnorrageordie]

Watched one of the last ones take off from Edinburgh. Traffic was gridlocked along the A89 as everybody just stopped their cars and got out to watch,

[Joe Fabulous]

Originally Posted by Bob Fleming

It was a huge white elephant and should never have been built!

Haway man Bob. It was producing 25% of BA's total profit, before those French fuckwits managed to crash one.

[dangermows]

Originally Posted by Bob Fleming

It was a huge white elephant and should never have been built!

nee the wonder it crashed

[genericus]

Originally Posted by Bob Fleming

It was a huge white elephant and should never have been built!

if Businessmen were prepared to fly in it and it made profit then it obviously served a purpose and kept the pompous off commercial planes whinging about leg room and children.

Originally Posted by dangermows

nee the wonder it crashed

[Joe Fabulous]

Originally Posted by genericus

if Businessmen were prepared to fly in it and it made profit then it obviously served a purpose and kept the pompous off commercial planes whinging about leg room and children.

To be able to travel to New York in 3 hours is simply fucking awesome.

[Bob Fleming]

Originally Posted by Joe Fabulous

Haway man Bob. It was producing 25% of BA's total profit, before those French fuckwits managed to crash one.

No other airline or country was prepared to shell out for it so BA got it for next to nothing.

Was supposed to cost £150m but cost the taxpayer £1.5b. Would that be acceptable these days? Actually probably would......

Originally Posted by dangermows

nee the wonder it crashed

[genericus]

Originally Posted by Bob Fleming

No other airline or country was prepared to shell out for it so BA got it for next to nothing.

Was supposed to cost £150m but cost the taxpayer £1.5b. Would that be acceptable these days? Actually probably would......

Wembley was totally on time and withing budget.....as the Olympic stadium will

[joemcdokes]

Bet Greedminds flew on it and knows all the pilots too.

[genericus]

Originally Posted by joemcdokes

Bet Greedminds flew on it and knows all the pilots too.

best off in Retirement then eh