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So... we're memory-holing the Concorde then? Or are we pretending that the British Aircraft Corporation wasn't a private company?
by stonogo 2y ago
So... we're memory-holing the Concorde then? Or are we pretending that the British Aircraft Corporation wasn't a private company?
- jdminhbg 2y agoI thought for sure this was just a bad headline, but no, the article makes the same mistake. Maybe someone can find a better source, this is still a good story.
- jedberg 2y ago> Scholl added that “XB-1’s supersonic flight marks the first time a supersonic jet has come from something other than a nation-state.” The Concorde, which was retired in 2003, was built jointly by the British and French governments.
- moffkalast 2y agoIt would be more impressive sense if Falcon 9s weren't making hypersonic sonic booms every other week for years now.
- bkanuka 2y agoFrom the article: > The Concorde, which was retired in 2003, was built jointly by the British and French governments. This is the technicality TechCrunch is using to make this claim.
- dragonwriter 2y agoYeah, but that's not what “civil” means.
- dboreham 2y agoAlso Concorde wasn't "built" by governments. Funded by, perhaps..