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# A bit pointless though.
Isn't it going to be demolished anyway?
(, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:27, archived)
# Why demolish something,
when you can crash things into it?
(, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:29, archived)
# Crash Concorde into it.
Kill 2 white elephants with one stone.
(, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:31, archived)
# concorde is great tho
granted, its fucking expensive, but it represents the best of british design.

consider this..

concorde: 25+ years of service - 1 crash
boeing: 35 years of service - LOTS of crashes
(, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:34, archived)
# A-hem
British AND French design
(, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:36, archived)
# okay, i'll admit it
they helped slightly
(, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:38, archived)
# That's just averages though isn't it?
Look at the relative miles flown by each design. There must be 10,000 boeings flying every day, and only 6 Concordes in total.
(, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:37, archived)
# in a way yes
but how many boeings were engineered to deal with the stresses of supersonic flight?

excluding jet fighters
(, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:39, archived)
# Well,
being as they don't fly at supersonic speeds, not very many I shouldn't think. My Skoda isn't engineered to do 200mph.
(, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:45, archived)
# umm,
you haven't really thought that through have you?
(, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:38, archived)
# not really
it was a spontanious post, i may have a few numbers wrong
(, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:40, archived)
# Consider this:
Try dividing the number of crashes by the number of planes.

Just a thought. And an unfluffy one. Perhaps I should go to the pub.
(, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:40, archived)
# percenatges can make anything sound worse than it actually is
(, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:46, archived)
#
100% fact.
(, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:49, archived)
# Nah
they's sold it for about 1/10th of what it cost to biuld. Someone's gonna build an "entertainment" venue inside - casino's & stuff
(, Mon 6 Oct 2003, 17:30, archived)