She's always looked good, but probably didn't look any better in 1969 than she does now.
Cars are 'styled' and are therefore subject to fashion whims. So a car of 1969 looks awfully old fashioned by 2011 standards.
Concorde wasn't styled. She is the shape she is because that's the shape she needs to be to enable her to do what no other aeroplane could do - carry 100 shirt-sleeve comfort passengers at Mach 2 and 60,000' for up to 4.5 hours.
Concorde was form following function. Her beutiful lines did not come from a stylists drawing board, but from those of the aerodynamicist and other engineers involved in her design. So she hasn't dated!
A good thought Shaggy and probably spot on.
We read posts in this thread from people, all over the world, who saw Concorde once, maybe a couple of times in their
lives and will never forget the occasion. Not surprising in many ways. Those of you who worked with her don't find that surprising, because you never tired of looking.
I have been an aeroplane geek since I was eight, have lived under the 'funnel' for 28L for fifty-five of my years and I pretty much know what's overhead by the sound. Much as I like and admire the stately 747, I can pretty much take or leave them, if distracted or busy. I saw Concorde almost every day, sometimes twice, in all the years she was flying and I
always stopped and stared upwards. Always.
Roger.