And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Back in the day I had a boss who had previously worked for a French company. He'd travel from the US to France. His return trips were always on the Concorde. He said that while it was a fast trip, it was extremely cramped and uncomfortable.
I remember in an interview Sir Jonathan Miller CBE (theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist and physician) saying that flying in Concord was like flying in a vacuum cleaner bag, cramped, noisy and uncomfortable.
How is that any different from the 737s and Airbus-equivalents of today? At least with Concord he'd get their quicker and he still has the prestige-signalling.
No, the Concorde had two rows of two seats and an overhead that you had to duck almost in half to get walk down the aisle to get to your seat. You could hardly sit up straight in your seat and your next-door neighbor's arm was in your lap. Today's passenger jets are massive compared to the Concorde.
Back in the day I had a boss who had previously worked for a French company. He'd travel from the US to France. His return trips were always on the Concorde. He said that while it was a fast trip, it was extremely cramped and uncomfortable.
ReplyDeleteI remember in an interview Sir Jonathan Miller CBE (theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist and physician) saying that flying in Concord was like flying in a vacuum cleaner bag, cramped, noisy and uncomfortable.
ReplyDeleteHow is that any different from the 737s and Airbus-equivalents of today? At least with Concord he'd get their quicker and he still has the prestige-signalling.
DeleteNo, the Concorde had two rows of two seats and an overhead that you had to duck almost in half to get walk down the aisle to get to your seat. You could hardly sit up straight in your seat and your next-door neighbor's arm was in your lap. Today's passenger jets are massive compared to the Concorde.
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