Hey Roadtrip you realy do have a fly up your whatsit!
As previously mentioned, Concorde was embraced by an awful lot of US airlines in it's early days and made great economical sense. Just when two small countries bit the bullet and past the point of no financial return (based on all those airlines support), along comes Boeing. When the US realised their Mach 3 rival was going to bust the bank.... they said, 'Oh well, it aint possible, it's therefore impossible for anyone else.
Despite all the doubts, the tree hugging (a lot misplaced) and the finer politics of New York Port Authority, etc, the bird flew commercially for two and a half decades, and many American people enjoyed the experience too.
To date no other country large or small has operated a commercially sound aircraft across the oceans at the speed of Concorde other than France and UK ....
...and I guess thats the bit that hurts.
I suggest a book to read called Concorde and the Americans.
Me, I'm happy to cruise at 35,000 at any speeed, just so long as I don't have to try and enjoy sour grapes with my in flight meal.
[This message has been edited by buck-rogers (edited 25 October 2000).]