Concorde to be Grounded

Goonie writes "This BBC article reports that Concorde flights are to come to an end in October. It may be a noisy and costly anachronism, but it's sad to see the end of perhaps the coolest commercial plane ever to fly." The financial wires carried a story the other day showing how much jet fuel demand has dropped recently.

Concorde fallacy...

[SystematicPsycho]

This mumbo jumbo was never going to fly from the beginning.(pardon the pun)
Concorde (sunk-cost) fallacy [skepdic.com]

Now, it's unfortunte that the Hollywood stars are going to have to go down a level and fly first-class like the rest of ... err like some people.

Oh Concorde, you will be missed

[gatesh8r]

*hears himself speak a little later as the sound catches up to him*

There it goes :(

[albino eatpod]

Well there goes my 11 O'clock daily reminder... Every day, at around 10:55, I can hear Concorde fly over me as it comes from Heathrow - only a 20 minute drive from here. It truely is a tremendous plane.

I flew up to Edinburgh the other week, and just as I was boarding my place, Concorde was taking off. The ground literally shook.

Concorde == Coffee break alarm clock

[maharg]

Damn. My place of work is right under the concorde flight path. When we hear concorde (and boy can we hear concorde!!) we know that the canteen is only open for another 15 minutes or so. It'll be sorely missed..

Sweet Concorde!

[YAN3D]

Lancelot: Sweet Sweet concord, you will not have died in vain..

Concorde: Im not quite dead sir

Re:Where are the Concorde replacements?

[vimes]

> good luck finding a train to europe!

found one. folkstone to calais:
http://www3.eurotunnel.com/

The concord : A fair and balanced point of view.

[Anonymous Coward]

I've been watching Foxnews and they told me how simple this world is :

France = bad
UK = good

The concord is a french and british invention, so it's hard to decide if it's good or bad.

Help !

ATrollWhoNeedsHelp.

Re:Unreplaced

[Anonymous Coward]

Can anyone think of a parallel situation in the computing field?. Where an outdated technology is made redundant, yet whose performance has not be exceeded.

OS/2?

I was grounded once ... it sucked

[Sgs-Cruz]

In addition, the British and French governments, the Concorde's parents, have also taken away the Concorde's access to the Buick for making too much noise over populated areas.

And they've cut off its access from its girlfriend, the Airbus A380 (that's okay, she's huuuuge anyway). In response, the Concorde was quoted as saying "Screw them. Freakin nazi parents run this aviation industry. That's okay, I have a PS2 in my room anyway."

Re:sad

[Anonymous Coward]

This is why I became a computer scientist, i.e. to make money quick and then...

...lose it all in a market crash.

Re:It's a 30 year old design

[motardo]

You make a good argument, but it's actually even better than you realize. There are plans to turn B-52's into aerial "artillery" platforms by refitting them with nuclear engines, which will allow them to circle a battlefield continuously for periods ranging from several days up to a couple of weeks. If this plan goes through, the USAF stated they may extend the service life anywhere from 50 to 100 additional years.

that's JUST what we need, flying chernobyls

Re:My experiences on the Concorde

[tcr]

Also, each passenger received a gift, (on this flight it was a 1994 date planner.)

On the reverse, it said "I spent £3,000 on a plane ticket and all I got was this lousy calendar".
:-)

Re:Shame - how is it "almost" as fast?

[ninkendo84]

Yeah, but its quanti-sonic architecture makes it do more work per mach-cycle, making mach .95 seem more like mach 2.2

Re:Another dream gone ...

[Anonymous Coward]

Sorry your majesty, us commoners can't seem to pony up the $15.000(US) to fly on the Concorde. That must mean our lives are miserable.