Dude - Thanks for that, gives me the opportunity to tell the tale. It was my school-chum Nobby Clark who dreamed up the name Concord and his Dad who worked at Filton suggested it to the management. They thought it was a really good name, because, as Nobby explained, Concord means the same thing in English and French - agreement. Alas it turned out anything but. The French insisted on spelling it Concorde, and we stuck to the original Concord, for our plane which was after all designed at Filton with engines designed just down the road at Patchway. It became a major political issue, and the British government, anxious to maintain cooperation between Bristol and Toulouse on this very prestigious project, gave in and adopted the French spelling, saving face by saying how charmingly quaint it was. All because my school-chum Nobby Clarke had a Good Idea. Sorry, Nobby, is it Clark or Clarke? San fairy Anne. Ca ne fait rien.