Agreed with all the above. What a sad day for Great Britain that we had to let the beancounters kill something so beautiful and inspiring. Like very few other icons, the world recognised the best of Britain. Of course France had a little to do with this but the world over thought it British. I do not want to start any kind of conspiracy theory BUT is there more to this than meets the eye. i well remember when Harold Wilson killed TSR2. not only was the programme abandoned but it was made certain that it could never be resurrected. Is the same happening with Concorde and if so why?