MetaFilter posts tagged with airplanes and concorde

caviar at mach 2 no more

casarkos — Thu, 23 Oct 2003 23:00:10 -0800

Concorde ends today. So what will it take to go commercially supersonic again?

Bye Bye Concorde

jontyjago — Thu, 10 Apr 2003 01:45:16 -0800

The Queen of the Skies retires Undoubtedly the most elegant plane out there, Concorde is being put into retirement, some say too early. She flies over my office every morning and it's a beautiful sight. I feel very sad - is it normal to miss a machine?

Farewell Concorde?

twine42 — Wed, 26 Feb 2003 04:47:10 -0800

The thought of Concorde services ending saddens me ( possibly because 101 sits less than half a mile from my doorstep). It [with it' s clone Concordeski] was the only supersonic passenger jet to even make it to prototype status. Considering things like it's massive fuel consumption, should we ditch the beast, find something else or go back to subsonics?

tpl1212 — Mon, 22 Oct 2001 06:50:11 -0800

The Concorde Flies Again After an overhaul of the supersonic jet's safety features (after the July 25 crash near Paris), British Airways' Concorde undertook it's first trans-Atlantic flight to New York. British Airways has also set up a Concorde's Return To Service mini-site...

iceberg273 — Tue, 25 Jul 2000 08:53:16 -0800

Concorde crashes near Paris. Oh, no. Not again...