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  1. Originally posted by MacStripey:short question, as I have no clue of these modern things:

    is a tablet pc the same as a normal pc or laptop? in means of, can I save things on an internal harddrive, go online and such?
    where are the good old days when a telephone still had a dial plate to turn to make a call
    don't have one, but I think it's something between smartphone and laptop
  2. OMG - Really hope this happens!!! (sorry if this is the wrong topic but I didn't want to open a new one.. it's technology I guess...)

    Concorde fans hope to get jet airborne by 2019

    Enough funds have been raised to buy a Concorde with the aim of getting it flying again by 2019, a group of British enthusiasts says.

    Club Concorde, made up of former captains, charterers and aviation fans, says it has £120m in reserve for the "return to flight" plan.

    The group also plans to put another of the supersonic aircraft on permanent display in central London.

    Concorde, which can travel at twice the speed of sound, last flew in 2003.

    Negotiations are now under way to purchase a Concorde currently on display at Le Bourget airport in Paris.


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34301689

  3. Originally posted by MacStripey:short question, as I have no clue of these modern things:

    is a tablet pc the same as a normal pc or laptop? in means of, can I save things on an internal harddrive, go online and such?
    where are the good old days when a telephone still had a dial plate to turn to make a call
    To answer your question, yes. They're like even-smaller laptops, as if a laptop and a smartphone had a baby.

    There are tablets that can even work on Windows (like your standard PC) and on Android (like your smartphone), with all the pros and cons of each operating system. I had always hated tablets but that new dual OS has caught me and now I own a dual tablet
  4. Just read this myself. Would love to see it flying again. There's one on display at Manchester Airport and it's a shame to see it just sitting there.
  5. Originally posted by iTim:[..]
    Just read this myself. Would love to see it flying again. There's one on display at Manchester Airport and it's a shame to see it just sitting there.
    I saw one as well in New York, it's an amazing aircraft.
  6. YEAH Aidan will be happy.

    Why did it actualyl stop flying? Because of the tragic accident or because its low profit?
  7. Increasing costs and lower demand after the Concorde crash and September 11th. Also Airbus announced that they would stop supplying spare parts to the airlines.

    Correct me if I'm wrong.
  8. Originally posted by Welsh_Edge:[..]
    Increasing costs and lower demand after the Concorde crash and September 11th. Also Airbus announced that they would stop supplying spare parts to the airlines.

    Correct me if I'm wrong.
    Yeah especially the cost thing, it was just an too expensive airplane to fly.
  9. Originally posted by iTim:[..]
    Just read this myself. Would love to see it flying again. There's one on display at Manchester Airport and it's a shame to see it just sitting there.


    There's also one sitting in a public hangar at East Fortune, just outside Edinburgh.
  11. You can see 2 Concordes when flying in to Paris. Lovely lovely machines.
  12. Yeah, beautiful thing to see up close. Unfortunately that one will never see the sky again. It never got the safety and interior upgrades after the crash. And more importantly the wings were cut off to get it into the hangar.
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