friedmacguffins wrote:
My grandfather used to support six children, when Boeing was still manufacturing, and, although I was born somewhat after the golden years of airtravel, it still used to be glamorous. We used to dress up for it, and the food used to seem fancy
Yet..somewhere in the Californian hills Boeing 747's are still being used as recycled parts on rich tycoons and landowners pads.
In light of the recent takedown, I'd excuse the latest think tank for getting confused from the latest of the early
birds recent dilema, when its us Brits who worry about our runways the most, when some planes aren't even hitting
wind speed targets. I say bring back those that can crank it back up with finess like the airmiles of Concorde.