Dowding!
Not surprising that the Concorde is to be mothballed. I'm surprised it wasn't done in 2000 after the crash. BA didn't seem to get the message that the air travel trend was towards low cost "no frills" airlines. That's what people
want. And I just can't see spending £8000 on a return trip to NY. Branson once flew me from London to Newark (just outside NY) for £145 including taxes.
Hello? Erm... most people accept that their time is not worth £1000 per hour.
And that's why Branson/Stelios/O'Leary are thriving while the big airlines flounder. I almost have visions of Mr. Toad weeping into the grass box of his lawnmower.
As for TVRs - hmmm, badly fitting doors, poor electrics, electric windows that have to be "helped" up - these are the kind of things that happen with them; the sort of things that owners of German cars would not tolerate. Still, at your tender years you could pay cash for the car, and take out a loan for the insurance.
Gatso!! You mentioned the Vulcan bomber. I was at the Battle of Britain 50th anniversary display at Boscombe Down in 1990. The Vulcan was by far the loudest aircraft to take off that day. You could see the diamonds just behind the engines on the take off roll.
As to Concorde, it was a common sight in the skies round here, and would pass over my house twice a day shortly after take off from LHR - at 1050 and at 1925. Sometimes my windows would rattle! These days it's a rare sight. Seems like the service has been cut way back already.
