For those who want the concorde back

[dcunning30]

Sorry Chris, seems I'm sort-of repeating you...

Why are folks petitioning the government?

[Hagar]

Why do the petitioners need to influence "The Government"?

Why are folks petitioning the government?

The objective of the Save Concorde Group is clearly explained in their Mission Statement. http://www.save-concorde.co.uk/Site/page.php?7

[dcunning30]

Talk about self-incrimination!

[Craig.]

The public lost rights the second the plane was sold to BA.
I wont go into this argument for the millionth time, i've put several reasons behind why it'll never happen. All from people with actual connections to the dang thing. Its been done to death a million times this topic.

[Hagar]

[quote]LOL!

[Souichiro]

Concorde back in the air??... yes please... will it happen? Am afraid not...

Read a brilliant piece about Concorde written by Jeremy Clarkson... Not the most reliable source but his words on it seemed about right.

Basically it comes down to this.... Concorde is currently to slow. Managers from big company's can nowadays talk to each other " live" Through the internet.

What he also said and that is something I agree with is..

With the last flight of Concorde humankind took, for the first time a step backwards in Evolution...  Us normal Passengers could once travel the atlantic ocean in 3 hours whereas it'll now take us 7 hours at least.

It was a beautifull Bird and captured the imagination of many. There will be lot's of people who as young children, dreamed of flying on Concorde on day. Some may have forfilled that dream, others saw that dream shatter when the bird made her last flight. Now I don't think many people will dream of one day being inside a 747 or something like it.

Concorde wasn't just a collection of metal and other parts. It was a plane which stood for Human ambition to reach the unreachable. A Icon of 20th century engineering.

Unfortunately.. even that wasn't enough to counter the eco-bunch..

[Chris_F]

[quote]With the last flight of Concorde humankind took, for the first time a step backwards in Evolution...

[concordepilot]

Alrot i'm under you  >:( you took my top spot

[alrot]

LOL......

[Jakemaster]

Chris, Im assuming that by Apollo 14 you mean Apollo 17

[Saitek]

I want Concorde back. Signed it.

If there is the demand (money) there is a market. That was what I was taught. If there is sufficient funds to easily cover the cost of one Concorde, then I don't see why not. It is possible to get her back up and while that possibility remains it can be explored.

[Woodlouse2002]

Never is a strong word to use. I admit that it's highly unlikely that Concorde will ever fly again. And no amount of petition signing is going to make it happen. However, it's not impossible that Concorde will fly again. All it needs is the support from the right people.


As for those here saying that Concorde wasn't a success or didn't make an impact. Well, BA was making a profit on Concorde right up to it's retirement. People were willing to pay the money purely because it was Concorde. What killed it was Airbus stopping production of spare parts.

As for impact. Just about everybody on the planet knows the name of Concorde. And you say it didn't make an impact?

[dcunning30]

As for those here saying that Concorde wasn't a success or didn't make an impact. Well, BA was making a profit on Concorde right up to it's retirement. People were willing to pay the money purely because it was Concorde. What killed it was Airbus stopping production of spare parts.

According to wikipedia, BAC and Air France announced in 2003 they were retiring Concorde because of low passenger numbers and rising maintanence costs.  After that, Richard Branson offered to buy the planes but later changed his mind stating Airbus wouldn't provide airframe parts.

The article also said BAC operated at a loss in the 1980's then raised their price and it's stated they ultimately operated at a profit, even though they later announced they would stop flying Concorde because of low passender numbers.  Seems a contradiction to me.  The article also suggested Air France never operated Concorde at a profit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde#W ... om_service

[C]

The truth of the matter is that Concorde was deliberately killed off by politics. It was never allowed to succeed. This is a familiar story.

...and now some idiots are doing the same to the UK's relationship with Saudi Arabia. How many people in the Serious Fraud Office have ever done business in the middle east?

[Craig.]

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According to wikipedia, BAC and Air France announced in 2003 they were retiring Concorde because of low passenger numbers and rising maintanence costs.