Paul,
Hey, I think the Concord is really cool, and I've seen it recently in a US
museum, but "dirty tricks?" Get real, sorry, its economics. Why pay $2,000
US for a 2 hour transatlantic trip, when you can get there for $600 in 5
hours? Are 3 hours worth almost $500 per hour of your average person's
time? (I'm guessing at exact amounts, but the scale is close.) I wish my
time was worth that, maybe someday.
Dan
A-139
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From: "percyville" <percyville@percyville.plus.com>
Subject: RE: Europa-List: FW: Concorde
<percyville@percyville.plus.com>
>
> Concorde rides at Oshkosh! I think not!!
>
> If it wasn't for the paranoia of the American public, accentuated by the
> American government being firmly under the sponsorship of the American
> airline manufacturers of the day, Concorde would have been a viable
> project and flying in mass numbers today.
>
> Why is the American philosophy always to employ dirty tricks to ensure
> the perception of American supremacy, the most common being the
> withholding of IMF funding if we proceed with a project which surpasses
> US capability?
>
> But what really grieves me is to see the majority of retired Concorde's
> have ended up being given to American Museums!!
> Surely they should have been sold (just as Concordski was!) and the
> proceeds held to either keep an example airworthy or sponsoring a
> British Aviation research and development!!
>
> Dare I state TSR2... well most of it's here:
> http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/tsr2/history.html
> Doesn't mention how the design of TSR2 was initially stolen under the
> mask of a pre-sales visit, which hence formed the basis of the F111
> project.
> Pity they don't air the 'project cancelled' series on the US version of
> Discovery Wings.
>
> The ability of British Aviation R&D at the time: the Americans couldn't
> successfully make a copy of TSR2, likewise the Russians were unable to
> successfully clone Concorde and TSR2 was superior to Tornado 15 years
> before it flew...
>
> It was viewing TSR2 at the age of 11 on a school science trip to the
> museum at RAF Cosford that started my love affair with aviation....
> Looked so space age with the gold tinted canopy, photography doesn't do
> it justice!!
>
> Paul
> #558
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Chris Beck
> To: europa-list@matronics.com; europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: FW: Concorde
>
>
> I think they should give rides in the Concorde at Oshkosh every year at
> Airventure. Ditch the Tri-Motor and fire up the afterburners!
>
> Chris
> A159 Mono
>
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