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Re: concorde
Posted by Tony C on Fri Oct 31, 2003 07:30:32 AM
In reply top Re: concorde posted by Brad on Thu Oct 30, 2003 01:56:57 PM
I think that its more to do with the 'anti-Concord' stance taken by certain groups in America, when commercial flights first began.
Had flights been allowed earlier and if just one American airline had purchased the airframe, the possibility is that Concord would still be flyng.
But she wasn't American so......
No sour grapes, honest.
Tony
: I don't know if that's such a good thing or not! From wha
: t I've read on some of the other message boards, the mere
: thought of a U.S. museum recieving a concord is treasonous
: . Or, maybe it was just the U.S.S. Intrepid Museum in New
: York.
: Brad