Don't be pedantic, 1,132 is pretty close to 1,200. The Fairey Delta II wasn't flying to develop a SSTA nor was the Vulcan built to be a flying testbed.
I don't see why it was technologically brilliant - obviously its pretty impressive. But not really a step change. After all we could do it today - it just wouldn't pay and there is no market for it.
If I am cash rich and time poor and am in London and need to be in New York then I have a fractional ownership of a private jet.
I don't get on the train, slog out to Heathrow, check in, wait in a security queue, wait through boarding, sit next to some oik in a non-too luxurious seat, hope we don't pick up a slot, end up number 9 for taxi, break down or end up diverting into some god forsaken hole because the machine is so tight on fuel.
Frankly.
As a leisure experience its only for a few enthusiasts.
Oh, and its old, increasingly knackered, looses money and the manufacturer is stopping support of it. It simply is the right time for it to go - saying its criminal is silly.
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