And I suppose the fact that there are still varients of the Comet (Nimrod) still flying, the VC10 still flies and there are various 1-11 operations still going prove that they were certainly built to last then. OK so there ae none of he others left but Concorde has only just stopped flying........The british engineers could still build if given the chance but why cough up all the money when the costs can be shared nowadays.......I still value British Engineers amongst the highest in the world if not the highest.