...> <M.Dexter@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:0gp3b2devnnn0uh90ujl0plapsv0r3segr@4ax.com... On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:55:34 +0100, John Wright <john@pegasus.f2s.com> wrote: Concorde was already on the slippery path to obsolescence long before the crash - many of the suppliers who made original parts for it had gone out of business, either that or ...
... to solve a problem that was no longer relevant or never existed, other than in the imagination of the decision makers: fly faster across the Atlantic (considering the severly limited range of the Concorde, and the fact that nobody wanted the dang thing to overfly them at supersonic speed, it couldn't really be used for anything else), who cares? when most of the time spent travelling...
Keith W wrote: Right we should never make anything which will become obsolete. no quite: we should never make anything which is already obsolete on the drawing board (e.g., A380, Concorde, etc.) just for the sake of prestige -- but then, it's tax payer money, why bother asking such questions? --Sylvain
... <M.Dexter@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:0gp3b2devnnn0uh90ujl0plapsv0r3segr@4ax.com... On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:55:34 +0100, John Wright <john@pegasus.f2s.com> wrote: Concorde was already on the slippery path to obsolescence long before the crash - many of the suppliers who made original parts for it had gone out of business, either that or jigs and ...
... On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:55:34 +0100, John Wright <john@pegasus.f2s.com> wrote: Concorde was already on the slippery path to obsolescence long before the crash - many of the suppliers who...have been allowed of the drawing board . I don't think it proves anything of the sort - Concorde was no different from any long out of production device in this respect. Can you get original ...
...@4ax.com... On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:35:34 +0100, "Keith W" <keithspam@kwillshaw.nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote: Right we should never make anything which will become obsolete. Concorde was obsolete before it was built due to its very high operating cost and small passenger capacity plus the passenger market that it was aimed at plus of course the excessive noise it made I saw ...
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:35:34 +0100, "Keith W" <keithspam@kwillshaw.nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote: Right we should never make anything which will become obsolete. Concorde was obsolete before it was built due to its very high operating cost and small passenger capacity plus the passenger market that it was aimed at plus of course the excessive noise it made I saw and heard it once over here ...
<M.Dexter@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:0gp3b2devnnn0uh90ujl0plapsv0r3segr@4ax.com... On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:55:34 +0100, John Wright <john@pegasus.f2s.com> wrote: Concorde was already on the slippery path to obsolescence long before the crash - many of the suppliers who made original parts for it had gone out of business, either that or jigs and tools had been ...
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:55:34 +0100, John Wright <john@pegasus.f2s.com> wrote: Concorde was already on the slippery path to obsolescence long before the crash - many of the suppliers who made original parts for it had gone out of business, either that or jigs and tools had been lost, so many more parts were having to be specially made. So the costs of keeping it running were rising ...
...@juno.com> wrote: Clive wrote: Concorde.... Both European airlines operated demonstrations ... 1974 onwards. The testing of Concorde set records which are still ...test-flight time is what? Concorde had been the safest working...one of many points against Concorde. According to AirSafe.com, The...time suffered 28 fatal events. Concorde suffered only one, but amassed...
