MetaFilter posts tagged with concorde

Son of Concorde

Pretty_Generic — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:24:22 -0800

The end of Concorde was one of the few times in modern history that technology has been forced to regress. But it won't take long to fix.

Really goodbye Concorde

gdav — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 16:32:09 -0800

Positively the last Concorde flight ever in less than twelve hours time. Here are the Avon police plans for Wed 26 November, when the last Concorde flight ever departs London Heathrow, goes Mach 2 just for the hell of it over the Bay of Biscay, and touches down at Filton, Bristol, where much of the original development took place.

I'll try to get to the Clifton Bridge, to celebrate Brunel at the same time.

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?

scotty — Fri, 09 Nov 2001 04:13:40 -0800

"Gutless" Hollywood stars - too scared to fly Concorde. Send ME a ticket. I'll go...

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...

arf — Wed, 06 Sep 2000 06:01:35 -0800

For people with a sick sense of homour: The makers of Conarde 2000 present a new game called Elevator Action. The rules are simple. Just try to stop the free fall of an elevator in a burning TV tower. What's next? A submarine game?

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

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