Concorde - join the campaign

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On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:55:34 +0100, John Wright
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Concorde was already on the slippery path to obsolescence long before
the crash - many of the suppliers who made original parts for it had
gone out of business, either that or jigs and tools had been lost, so
many more parts were having to be specially made. So the costs of
keeping it running were rising year after year.
Which all goes to prove it should never have been allowed of the
drawing board .

Right we should never make anything which will become obsolete.

Guess that means back to the horse and cart huh !


Keith



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In article , Keith W keithspam@k
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On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:55:34 +0100, John Wright
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Concorde was already on the slippery path to obsolescence long before
the crash - many of the suppliers who made original parts for it had
gone out of business, either that or jigs and tools had been lost, so
many more parts were having to be specially made. So the costs of
keeping it running were rising year after year.
Which all goes to prove it should never have been allowed of the
drawing board .

Right we should never make anything which will become obsolete.

Guess that means back to the horse and cart huh !


Keith

But you can't get much more obsolete than a horse and cart.
--
Mike Lindsay

Mike Lindsay wrote:
In article , Keith W keithspam@k
willshaw.nospam.demon.co.uk writes

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On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:55:34 +0100, John Wright
wrote:


Concorde was already on the slippery path to obsolescence long before
the crash - many of the suppliers who made original parts for it had
gone out of business, either that or jigs and tools had been lost, so
many more parts were having to be specially made. So the costs of
keeping it running were rising year after year.
Which all goes to prove it should never have been allowed of the
drawing board .

Right we should never make anything which will become obsolete.

Guess that means back to the horse and cart huh !


Keith

But you can't get much more obsolete than a horse and cart.

I'll reserve my judgement when I get the fuel and maintenance bills for
each, and try to keep an open mind until somebody's horse & buggy goes
down in flames over some French village.

Keith W wrote:


Right we should never make anything which will become obsolete.

no quite: we should never make anything which is already obsolete
on the drawing board (e.g., A380, Concorde, etc.) just for
the sake of prestige -- but then, it's tax payer money, why
bother asking such questions?

--Sylvain