Well, there was Concorde for 30 years, testing with Tu-144LL... I think the
withdrawal of the Concorde is premature, especially while sucessor is still
on the drawing board...

It is sad that profit, rather than tecnology advance, runs our lives. If
something thinks that isn't so, than explain why we still drive 100-year-old
patented piston-engine cars instead of Wankel or turbine-powered-ones... oil
price, of course (and please, no patronising about unreliability of
Wankel-motors, it would have taken one or two years for Mercedes or the
simmilar company to make it durable and reliable-or even more-than current
piston engines)!

Nele

NULLA ROSA SINE SPINA

Richard Brooks wrote in message ...
KEV OF BBA wrote:
Just had the priviledge and pleasure- tinged with sadness- of
watching Concorde depart Cardiff on a beautiful sunny Autumn day for
the last time ever. She looked bloody magnificent- fare thee well
white speedbird of the skies.

Cheers
Kev

Photographed it in 3D from a roof in Croydon and remember flying
alongside a Concorde whilst in a VC10 just out of Brize Norton.

As we climbed through the clouds the pilot told us to look to port and
as we came out of the clouds there was Concorde just behind the port
wing and as we flew it slowly passed away in front of us. It was doing
tests out of Fairford at that time, I remember.

Thanks to all at 10 Sqn for some very memorable times.

Richard.