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Old 8th Mar 2007, 14:51
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This is an interesting debate. Why should the model of concorde be kept? For the same reason we build statues of long dead national heroes, for the same reason we take our children to museums, for the same reason we save old aircraft like the Lancaster and spitfire flying..........because we have a proud history of success in this nation and consigning everything to a history book and without any visual reminders we will become exactly what some in high place want us to be; a bland and soulless nation without any character. It might cost 1.5 million, which is a price worth paying for all the millions of visitors that pass by and are reminded that the UK once lead the world in a certain area of aviation. Maybe the lottery should pay for it to stay?

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