What's Concorde?
Discussion
Myself, my mums chap who's a bit of an engineer and my stepson were watching aircrash investigation last night while the coven talked in the kitchen.
The stepson is only 9 but loves watching discovery etc .
However the talked turned to smazing bits of engineering, and then to Concorde.
The boy child then uttered the sentence. "what's Concorde?"
I quickly educated him, but firstly I was amazed that a young boy didn't know this. Then how different kids are today, as he educated me about tech based stuff etc.
But what amazed me is how schools appear not to educate kids about what makes Britain great, or at least what great things we did in the past.
The stepson is only 9 but loves watching discovery etc .
However the talked turned to smazing bits of engineering, and then to Concorde.
The boy child then uttered the sentence. "what's Concorde?"
I quickly educated him, but firstly I was amazed that a young boy didn't know this. Then how different kids are today, as he educated me about tech based stuff etc.
But what amazed me is how schools appear not to educate kids about what makes Britain great, or at least what great things we did in the past.
ApexJimi said:
Cock Womble 7 said:
Concord was, IMHO, a brilliant failure.
Failure in what respect?Still f
king brilliant though.
Make it your task to educate the child and get him interested in engineering and aerospace. I';m sure he won't know what "Apollo" is, "The Hindenburg" is, what a Spitfire or a Mustang is or what "The Flying Scot" is.
Rather than bemoan his lack of knowledge - teach him what he doesn't know.
Take him to a museum or two or to an airshow or show him some related websites.
Spark his interest.
Rather than bemoan his lack of knowledge - teach him what he doesn't know.
Take him to a museum or two or to an airshow or show him some related websites.
Spark his interest.
What is even more scandalous is the Concorde sat around at Aerospace in Bristol which has been closed to the public for 5 years now!
Nobody can agree about where its going to be stored who will pay etc etc
I can see it being broken up for scrap at this rate,esp now Aerospace have announced the closure of the airfield and its redevelopment for.........housing!
I watched along with most of Bristol its last flight, a very sad day.
Nobody can agree about where its going to be stored who will pay etc etc
I can see it being broken up for scrap at this rate,esp now Aerospace have announced the closure of the airfield and its redevelopment for.........housing!
I watched along with most of Bristol its last flight, a very sad day.
insurance_jon said:
But what amazed me is how schools appear not to educate kids about what makes Britain great, or at least what great things we did in the past.
I was at my local railway station when a steam engine came through. A comment from a boy about 10 years old was about the pollution the engine was producing!!If teachers are anti car global warming believers and teach their beliefs then unless children find out the truth for themselves they'll think what the teachers say is correct.
I doubt it would have ever been discussed when I was at school.
I still knew about it from an early age though because my parents took me to the cockpit section that was displayed in Bristol (I think?).
If the boy is 9 then the fleet will have been grounded when he was barely born. Not too surprising he hadn't hear of it.
I still knew about it from an early age though because my parents took me to the cockpit section that was displayed in Bristol (I think?).
If the boy is 9 then the fleet will have been grounded when he was barely born. Not too surprising he hadn't hear of it.
KB_S1 said:
Anthony Micallef said:
I suspect to highlight the fact that Concord was spelt wrong in the title.
Except that it was spelt Concorde when launched.When the project was given the go-aead in 1962 there was a discussion between the two countries involved as to whether the British or French spelling of the word would be adopted. It was decided that the French version would be used. Although it took a few years for the "e" to become acceptable to all.
In all the official literature of BAC/British Aerospace/Sud-Aviation/Aerospatiale Air France/BOAC/British Airways, it was always written "Concorde".
Edited by Eric Mc on Sunday 8th January 13:10
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