Eye-popping Concorde abort!

[beaky]

I'm up too late as usual, trolling YouTube for interesting vids... this caught my eye. Concorde in the hands of a "stick and rudder" pilot, for sure!  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79LE4ty_ ... re=related

[a1]

The concorde's engines sure know how to serve it well.

[Dr.bob7]

poor concorde why did they kill it = [

[flyboy 28]

poor concorde why did they kill it = [

Because it wasn't making money. Simple as that.

[beaky]

The terrible accident certainly helped everybody make up their minds about that, although yes, it was not competing at all in the current climate of budget long-distance flying and outrageous fuel prices.
It's sad, but it's a fact: ask any airplane owner what keeps a plane in the air, and he will tell you "money".