John:
Thank you for the update. It illustrates how many are touched by
any tragedy.
For some the flippancy may be a cover for deep feelings. For my
part I am one who grew up with the development of the Concorde. I have deep
concerns that this accident may also sound the death knell for a mechanical
masterwork. I am afraid that more than humankind may have died in France.
No longer trendy, it will not take much to ground permanently the remaining
planes. We who are involved with British cars should be the first to
understand the historical loss that can occur when a line is no longer
popular and profitable.
Kelvin.
> It was saddening to note in one of the lists that the tragic
> accident at Charles de
> Gaulle two days ago has no LBC content.
> I am saddened to report that not only Christian, but his
> wife, their two children and
> his mother and father in law all died in that crash. There is
> a widely held view
> at both Gaydon and Munich that in the inter-regnum, BMW's
> classic car operation in Munich
> will be greatly disadvantaged by his tragic passing. He was a
> wonderful man
> with a unique and very special common-touch that was the envy of many.
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