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Article: 'Most dubious' Concorde set to jet into museums: Air france, British airways to retire SSTs
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- April 11, 2003
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LONDON - The supersonic jet set has been bumped. The Concorde, the
needle-nosed aircraft for the rich, is retiring after a quarter-
century of ostentatiously expensive service.
Thursday's decision by British Airways and Air France means the
end of an era in aviation. The Concorde, or SST for supersonic
transport, is the world's only faster-than-sound airliner. Only 20
were built, with 12 remaining in service, all operated by the two
companies.
"Never has such a beautiful object been designed and built by
man," said Air France President Jean-Cyril Spinetta at a news
conference. "This aircraft is not going to stop, because it continues
to live on in the human imagination."
When it made its ...
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