I saw the first take-off from Toulouse on flickering 405 line black-and-white TV all those years ago. Then I saw the first simultaneous commercial service in 1976 on 625 line mono sound colour TV - and today the last landing at Filton on widescreen satellite TV in hi-fi stereo.
We might have made massive progress in the world of TV over the last 34 years or so - but none at all in the field of high speed transport.
Concorde - so far ahead of her time that she made the world go backwards.
Damn you, Skippy.