Just get me to the airport, put me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry, before I go insane
I can’t control my fingers, I can’t control my brain
Oh no oh oh oh oh
Kwikster
good man
Pip
Concorde first flew just two years after this, in 1969.
It would have been totally unforeseeable that the future would not be faster and faster.
Concorde retired in 2003 and was not replaced.
In terms of progress, pretty much GUBU.
Rob_G
Aviation has advanced, just in different ways – the focus is more on planes that are economical to run, rather than getting you places faster (Concorde used astronomical volumes of fuel).
mildred st. meadowlark
Isn’t there a push to reintroduce the concorde? I think there is a drive to create a fuel efficient one.
There has been a push to see it return to the skies by aviation fans, former pilots, and apparently Richard Branson, but no development of a fuel efficient one, sadly.
Pip
True, Rob, but isn’t it remarkable that the phenomenally wealthy are still prepared to travel at speeds achieved some fifty years ago – even in their private jets.
Kieran NYC
Yeah but they don’t have to spend 7 hours with their legs cramped up around their ears, so they get other perks
Hybridchld
I do like the idea of strapping TD’s into racks on a rocket and firing it off somewhere tbh
dhaughton99
They are already sedated.
realPolithicks
That sounds like the average transatlantic flight with Aer Lingus.
FAKE NEWS
That’s class – good find, David.
Is that newspaper dated April 1st?
I like the idea about being sedated
Just get me to the airport, put me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry, before I go insane
I can’t control my fingers, I can’t control my brain
Oh no oh oh oh oh
good man
Concorde first flew just two years after this, in 1969.
It would have been totally unforeseeable that the future would not be faster and faster.
Concorde retired in 2003 and was not replaced.
In terms of progress, pretty much GUBU.
Aviation has advanced, just in different ways – the focus is more on planes that are economical to run, rather than getting you places faster (Concorde used astronomical volumes of fuel).
Isn’t there a push to reintroduce the concorde? I think there is a drive to create a fuel efficient one.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34301689
There has been a push to see it return to the skies by aviation fans, former pilots, and apparently Richard Branson, but no development of a fuel efficient one, sadly.
True, Rob, but isn’t it remarkable that the phenomenally wealthy are still prepared to travel at speeds achieved some fifty years ago – even in their private jets.
Yeah but they don’t have to spend 7 hours with their legs cramped up around their ears, so they get other perks
I do like the idea of strapping TD’s into racks on a rocket and firing it off somewhere tbh
They are already sedated.
That sounds like the average transatlantic flight with Aer Lingus.
Typical Fianna Fáil promise.