Forget
I understand your post. Boeing gave up and it was a pity, though Concorde was beautiful and mission ready.
Look at C-5 and An 124, The Shuttle and Mir, Mig anything and North American, GD, Lockheed. etc.
The British have built, historically, some of the most beautiful machines to fly. The Spit just about stops my Heart.
But when the Russkies kidnapped the First B-29, the ball started rolling.
The first An-124 had a CRT for Wx that was 24" in diameter, and "valves"
(tubes) for avionics. They saved in Shape and power by copying. I won't fault the Concorde, don't make me get too defensive about Heinemann, Douglas, Jack Northrop, etc. and I will stipulate to deHavilland, Whittle, etc. (St.Exupery, you might be French?)
Cheers, AF