And lest we forget the Concorde as a French / English engineering marvel. True, it was - despite the outrageous ticket prices - a money loser of the highest or

And lest we forget the Concorde as a French / English engineering marvel. True, it was - despite the outrageous ticket prices - a money loser of the highest order. Nevertheless, a beautiful piece of engineering and arguably the most beautiful civilian plane ever built. I, for one, regret never to have flown in it.