The concorde

[denoir 0]

Looks to me just like another airliner

Don't take me wrong, I like Airbuses. They're superior to all Boeings in both comfort and speed... but they're no Concorde.

[Dauragon 0]

BTW How much KM does it take if you like depart from berlin, and land at berlin by doing a whole tour of earth , straight ?

[denoir 0]

Earth's circumference is about 40,000 km.

[Dauragon 0]

Thx Denoir

Hmm while thinking of it, why doesnt any army use afterburners on there cargo planes to move faster around earth  

[Tovarish 0]

Thx Denoir

Hmm while thinking of it, why doesnt any army use afterburners on there cargo planes to move faster around earth  

Because then their cargo planes would be much like the Concorde (Too expensive and would not be able to carry enough cargo compared to the competition).

[ozanzac 0]

Quote[/b] ]LONDON (Reuters) - It is the gift for the person who has everything -- a piece of Concorde, the supersonic passenger jet finally put out to grass last month after 30 years.

Everything from a leather wine carrier to the droop-snoot nose cone of the flying work of art will be up for grabs at a sale in London by Bonhams Auctioneers on December 1, with prices ranging from 30 pounds to 35,000 pounds.

For the souvenir hunter with limited space there are china place settings, cutlery, the in-cabin indicator that showed when the jet hit twice the speed of sound, the pilot's seat and even some passenger seats as well as a cabin trolley.

For the flight enthusiast there are heat and pressure gauges, control panels, indicator lights, turbine blades unique to Concorde and even a tail wheel.

But for the collector with ample space there is part of the Delta wing complete with anti-ice heating panels, a snip at 1,200 pounds.

Now thats the saddest thing I've heard outta the entire Concorde history.

Instead of keeping one, if not the whole fleet flying, they chop one up. It's almost like poaching an endangered bird, and selling the carcass for all it's worth. Appalling. The executive who suggested that idea ought to be shot. No matter if the funds raised go to charity. How about making a charity which treats kids to a flight on a concorde, charitable  and keeps Concorde flying at the same time.

[ralphwiggum 6]

What I still don't get is why BA refused to sell the Concorde to Branson when he offered to take it over. Instead they just shut it down  

1. fear of competition

2. Branson's less than appealing cross dressing habits

[Tex -USMC- 0]

What I still don't get is why BA refused to sell the Concorde to Branson when he offered to take it over. Instead they just shut it down  

1. fear of competition

2. Branson's less than appealing cross dressing habits

Because the Aerospitaile portion of the Airbus consortium pulled the plug on the Concorde. They gave both AF and BA notice earlier this year that they had come to the decision that providing continuing maintenance services for the Concorde was no longer commercially viable. That means that if God himself bought a Concorde, He wouldn't be able to fly it.

[theavonlady 1]

This past week, the A380 was the cover story for BusinessWeek's European edition.

Online line for premium subscribers only: Mega Plane

Quote[/b] ]Mega Plane

Airbus is building the biggest airliner ever, and more than 100 A380s have been ordered by the airlines. A brilliant leap-or great folly?

After reading the article, it's apparent that there's an amazing amount of innovation going into the development and production of this plane, compared to manufacturing techniques of the past, though aviation enthusiasts here will rightly continue to claim that the end product is just "another big plane".

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