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Likewise. I used to live in Reading, west of Heathrow, and twice a day they'd be this crackling roar and the windows would rattle, unlike anything else that flew; and you'd look up, and there would be that glorious arrowhead silhouette, sliding through the sky.

I don't care if Concorde was uneconomic. Some things you should do just because they're beautiful.




I lived in that area as well and yes, every single time it went over I had to look up at it and watch




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