Lighten up guys! Your tax burden is hardly going to be affected by the development costs of Concorde in the sixties. A bit of variety in the skies is ok with me, and one man's noise is another man's music. Let's be proud of our technological achievements, both sides of the pond. Uncle Sam landed a man on the moon, and Jonny Brit and Monsieur Toulouse developed a supersonic commercial jet.
411a, you and I will always disagree, life would be too boring for me in your world.