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[HPsauce]

Yup, I was on the ground with all 6 engines exhausts pointing at me from not far away overhead.

[Berrick]

Concorde didn't need to cease flying when it did. 

Even with the one and only crash (a crash not as a result of a defect with the plane) of this marvellous bird's history and the fact Airbus ceased maintenance support Richard Branson wanted to take them on. BUT even though the British concordes where owned by the government and British Airways received big bucks to fly them, British Airways didn't want them to fly anymore.

The sad fact is that all tooling and plans used in the manufacture of the plane are no more so the costs to make one or keep an aged one in the skies would be prohibitive.

The running costs and noise of the engines used in concorde compared to modern passenger planes would also propably make it a non stater as well.

[guest]

The backers apparently have in excess of £120m initial funding. I'd say that's enough to kick things off

I'm absolutely certain there's enough megarich people who'd pay to fly in it/charter it to make ongoing costs viable.

[broadstairs]

The backers apparently have in excess of £120m initial funding. I'd say that's enough to kick things off

I'm absolutely certain there's enough megarich people who'd pay to fly in it/charter it to make ongoing costs viable.

That is nowhere near enough to get RR and Airbus onside, perhaps if it were £120 billion then they just might start talking. You can wish all you like  but it aint going to happen.

Stuart

[guest]

You may be right but I don't think we've seen the last of it yet - when people are spending £250m+ on a "superyacht", what do you think they'd spend to have a share in the only supersonic passenger aircraft to whisk their friends around in?