Farewell...

[perlmonger]

Just got back from Clifton Down, watching Concorde fly over on her last ever flight on the way to Filton.

Noisy, ecologically vile, cramped, expensive, beautiful, glorious, a triumph of engineering and human creativity... She shouldn't be grounded; the air is her element.

Grotty photos - click to see slightly bigger versions

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[pugwash.livejournal.com]

Watched her at Clevedon.

Give them to Branson, say I.

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

I was told by someone who knows, that Airbus wanted to charge £125 million or so a year maintenance per Concorde. I don't think even Virgin could afford that... It was that charge that scuppered BA's plans to keep one in the air for shows and special occasions.