M85 posted:
I am saddened about its retirement but every good thing has an end and if English wanted it to keep on flying,get to the drawing board and build a prototype like Airbus did for the Concorde.
M85, Airbus didn't exist when Concorde was being designed. The aeoplane was a joint venture between the British at Filton and the French at Toulouse; an equal partnership with at least 50 percent and probably more of the technologiacl developments coming from the Brits (intake door computers for one).
Quite why Airbus has ended up as the design authority I don't know, but the French are past masters at national self-interest (an admirable trait BTW that I wish our gutless Brit politicos had) so I can guess. Perhaps if it was still a joint Anglo/French responsibility, we could be looking forward to many more years of Conc operations.
SSD