deicer Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8712806.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 http://news.bbc.co.u...ope/8712806.stmarticle dated....13:32 GMT, Saturday, 29 May 2010 14:32 UK.Have you seen any later news?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Personally, I think doing this is a huge waste of money. They're going to spend C$24 million dollars just getting it to fly - no mention of what it will cost to keep it flying or to pay for the fuel etc. I love the idea of the Concorde but it's time has passed. A better use of the money would be to fund an "X-Prize" type of thing - move forward instead of trying to hold onto the past.X-Prize Homepage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGT Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Yup agreed. Enogh with old crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Yup agreed. Enogh with old crap I didn't call it crap. I've been to see the Concorde at the Smithsonian, watched it fly at the Abbotsford airshow in '86 and 30 years ago had a poster of the flightdeck on my wall - I just don't think it a good way to spend money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 ................................... I just don't think it a good way to spend money. Your POV................ but really not relevant..................... as long as it is not tax payers money that is being used for this 'venture'. Lots of 'clubs' restore and fly old aircraft and if they have the financial means, who really cares? .............but if the $$$ is coming from the government Treasury, it's another ballgame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Your POV................ but really not relevant..................... as long as it is not tax payers money that is being used for this 'venture'. Lots of 'clubs' restore and fly old aircraft and if they have the financial means, who really cares? .............but if the $ is coming from the government Treasury, it's another ballgame.Well, since we're talking about about a bunch of Europeans it doesn't even matter if it's government money either, does it? The discussion can quickly go off topic if you want to talk about the ethics of it. I think there's a difference between restoring an old piston airplane that burns 100 Avgas at gallons per hour and an aircraft that burns JET A at tonnes per minute especially if it's for nothing more than entertainment. Of course deciding one is OK and the other isn't is nothing more than an arbitrary personal decision. I must be getting old since more and more I tend to weigh things on the basis of the greater good. On that basis, restoring a Concorde fails miserably both in terms of wasted money and wasted talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I must be getting old since more and more I tend to weigh things on the basis of the greater good. On that basis,((, insert ..our role in Afghanistan here)) fails miserably both in terms of wasted money and wasted talent. Where I agree is that we have to pick our battles....so much money is "wasted" on stuff that "I" think is useless................... like that mass of metal orbiting in space...but again, a free country and we are entitled to our opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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