Thinking back on my experience flying on the Concorde.

Back in the 1990s, I flew on the Concorde many times. Let me tell you, it was some experience. Of course, the most obvious reason you would want to take the Concorde was because of the time savings. We're doing a 3.5-hour trip instead of, let's say, a normal 7 or 8-hour trip. It's amazing to be able to find time that didn't exist. Another reason, which was really cool, was the number of people, the kind of people, the type of people, the who's who that you would bump into in the waiting lounge or on the airplane. And the ultimate use of the Concorde was when you actually would leave London in the morning, you fly to the US, you do your business, and you get back on the airplane the end of the day and get back to London the next morning. It was probably the closest thing in those days to actually flying on a corporate jet. It actually wasn't a super luxurious airplane. It was 25 rows of 2 seats on each side. And at the front of the airplane, there was always a little light that was showing you the speed of the airplane. And everybody was waiting all the time for it to get above Mach 1.0, even though it just went right through it. There was no feeling of difference, no change. Clicked over from 99 to 1, and that was it. The reason why they stopped using the Concorde is because, eventually, the cost of operating these airplanes was so expensive. The airplanes were starting to break down a lot. The maintenance was very heavy. The fuel burn was a lot. And they started cannibalizing some of the Concords in order to get the parts to fix other airplanes. And finally, the nail in the coffin was when the airplane was taking off out of John F. Kennedy Airport in New York and exploded after takeoff, and a lot of people got killed, unfortunately. That sort of was the final blow to the Concorde. If you want to learn more about aviation or corporate aviation, just make sure you follow me.