The End of an Era

Posted on October 13, 2003 by glasscastle

Hundreds
of thousands of people are set to pack Heathrow airport to watch the
final flight
of Concorde. Special grandstands will be built for the public to watch
the aircraft land for the last time on a commercial
flight on October 24.
250,000 people are expected to be at Heathrow
to witness Concorde’s final descent.

from Ananova

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2 Responses to The End of an Era

  1. NickB says:
    April 6, 2010 at 3:52 pm

    I was there. This is the only plane to grace our skies in recent history that does not look like it was designed in the 1940’s. It was innovative, fast and sexy. Can you say the same about the A380 or Dreamliner? The aircraft manufacturers seem to be stuck in a timewarp. Is there any other mode of transport that looks the same now as it did in the 40’s? When will the step change – in terms of speed, emissions and passenger comfort – come? When I was a kid in the 1970’s I thought we’d be living the Jetsons life by now !

  2. Don Wilson says:
    September 21, 2010 at 6:08 pm

    I worked at Heathrow in the 70,s and Concorde was a living breathing beauty in my book. Only came to an end because the French did not clear the runway properly prior to the accident, and it offered the government the perfect excuse to ground her. sadly missed!

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