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#186608 - 30/10/2003 11:41 Re: Sad day [Re: peter]
frog51
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Registered: 09/08/2000
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Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
I can't believe they missed out the Fleet Air Arm museum in Yeovilton. The Concorde in there is pretty impressive, as is the entire museum. You have got to go see it if you like naval aircraft - it's interactive and exciting.

And my dad has flown most of the planes in there - not just the type, but the actual ones. I think that's pretty cool.
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#186609 - 06/11/2003 10:19 Re: Sad day [Re: peter]
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#186610 - 06/11/2003 11:26 Re: Sad day [Re: rob]
blitz
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Registered: 20/11/2001
Posts: 455
Loc: Texas
Kind of sad as many would contend that it was the US that killed Concorde

I thought this was what killed the Concorde. It was expensive to operate and carried few passengers. That goes against the trend in commercial aviation which was revolutionized by the 747.

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#186611 - 06/11/2003 14:00 Re: Sad day [Re: wfaulk]
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Registered: 30/10/2003
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We have a new Air and Space museum here in Chantilly, Virginia (USA). I understand one of them will be here... which is about 100 yards from my office.

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#186612 - 09/11/2003 13:05 Re: Sad day [Re: blitz]
Tim
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Registered: 25/04/2000
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Loc: Arizona
That goes against the trend in commercial aviation which was revolutionized by the 747.

Minor nitpick.

That was the then current trend. The new trend that Boeing is touting is that the big movers are not going to be as popular in the future, which is why they are offering a 757-sized aircraft instead of a bigass (technical term) aircraft like the A380.

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