Filton Airport to close
Very very sad to see this. It's always sad to see any airfield close, but we've seen so many of the airfields attached to famous British manufacturers names bulldozed. Hatfield et al. What's the betting it'll be another housing estate. What of the Concorde there too.....?
Bristols were there right at the beginning, and had such a wide involvement, it's particularly sad and poignant to hear this news. When one reflects upon the past record of Bristols and the sheers commercial dynamism of such firms, it makes the actions of their successors seem all the more flaccid. 'On the shoulders of giants' comes to mind.
One can hear the money-grubbers hands rubbing together already.
GQ2.