Concorde flies into history

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript" src="Config?Configid=43376741"></script></div> <div align="left" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="100.6%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/251229.cms" alt="/photo/251229.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">The last British Airways’ Concorde lands at London''s Heathrow airport on Friday.(AP photo)</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal">LONDON: The 27-year-old design and engineering marvel, the Concorde, which cruised at twice the speed of sound, has long been described as the most luxurious time machine ever built. But its final bow, on a flight from New York to London, with 100 handpicked celebrity guests on board, may be a sign that the clock can never really be turned back and the good times pre-9/11 have finally stopped rolling. Even as Concorde enthusiasts such as Joan Collins mourned its passing and many called for "a new Concorde for a new age", aviation experts predicted the world would not have another supersonic passenger jet for at least 30 years.<br /><br /><a href="http://thetimesofindia.online/cms.dll/articleshow?msid=250534">Concorde zooms into sunset</a></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br /></div> </div>