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> I think it was still a win for the companies and countries involved Agree, although I'd love to know how many of Concorde's backers were considering this lon
by KineticLensman 3y ago
> I think it was still a win for the companies and countries involved
Agree, although I'd love to know how many of Concorde's backers were considering this long-game effect. I suspect that the Airbus of today would be seen as even more fantastic than a supersonic aircraft.
- bobthepanda 3y agoIt was pretty fundamental. At the time commercial aviation was a different two horse race between Boeing and McDonnell-Douglass. The aviation industry in Europe was not doing well and those industries and their suppliers represented millions of jobs.