Discovery

[Philip Miller Tate]

I think that all of the Concorde aircraft are at least partially  
intact (i.e. engines removed but fuselage intact), and I'm fairly  
certain that at least one has been kept flight-worthy, in defiance of  
the previous government's determination to have them all scrapped.  
One of them is at Brooklands museum, just a few miles down the road  
from my home - when you come and visit, Joe, I'll take you to see it.

Concorde used to fly subsonic over my house twice a day. My then boss  
used to send grumpy letters to BA to complain about the fact that it  
sometimes caused his windows to rattle. Meanwhile, my then small son  
Alex and I used to dash outside to wave as it flew magnificently  
overhead. I advised him to get better windows. In today's noise- 
ridden society, what's the big deal about sonic booms? Some folks are  
just determined to create a "sustainable" stone-age society.

Phil M1GWZ




On 11 Mar 2011, at 07:19, Brian Hawes wrote:

> It is sobering to think that the manned Moon landings are ancient  
> history to anybody under forty.
> There may be a message in the fact that in the 1960's we had just  
> enough technology to do the
> job, and no more.
> "Your computer has performed an illegal operation and will shut  
> down ....."
>
> Brian
> ________________________________________
> From: Joseph Bento [joseph at kirtland.com]
> Sent: 11 March 2011 00:30
> To: Brian Hawes
> Cc: Tacos
> Subject: Re: Discovery
>
> Did the last Concorde end up in a museum or a scrap yard?  It's  
> amazing to think that we could fly to Europe from the Dulles in  
> just about three hours in last quarter of the 20th century, but it  
> takes nearly eight hours in the first and second decade of the 21st  
> century.  I wish I could have had the opportunity to fly on it.   
> Continental travel within the USA was banned in 1976 due to the  
> public's protest over sonic booms.  In its earlier days, I think it  
> did indeed fly into San Francisco.  Sheesh... today, we can't even  
> build railroads to exceed 90mph or so within the USA.  Now, what do  
> we have that even qualifies for a space program?
>
>
> Joe, N6DGY