The Independent - London, May 29th, 1996
Every day a British Airways Concorde roars over my roof. I am meant to be appalled by this invasion of privacy. I am meant to berate those who designed, commissioned and who continue to allow this prognathous, supersonic, gas-guzzling, white-hot technological pterodactyl to rape the ozone layer in my outraged presence. I know all the arguments against this Mach 2 airliner. And yet reason is blinded by the beauty and daring of this magnificent flying machine.
I am glad that Concorde was built. In a skyscape crowded with reliable but Identikit Douglases and Boeings, Concorde stands out like Hel...
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