Why Do We Hate History So Much?

                                                Why do we hate history so much?

I love history, museums, written history, alive history IE restored cars, aeroplanes, battle re-enactments.  I believe whats written on the tin,  by understanding the past we can learn from it and not make the same mistakes [fingers crossed]

However i feel my view point is firmly in the minority now ill try my best to give some examples to you bear with me.  “Concord” the worlds first super sonic airliner designed as a joint venture between “Air France” and “British airways” it was an absolute marvel, capable of speeds up to mach 2 or 1350mph relative ground speed.  I once had the privilege to sit in the pilots seat of a live commissioned Concord in 1977 at heathrow airport, I had a days pass from my late fathers R.A.F. buddy, i also sat in the pilots seat of a Boeing 747 and a DC10.  The Concord could fly from London to New york in well under 3 hours, rock stars were queuing to fly in this marvel.

Spin the time machine forward over 20 years, British airways and Air France decided they no longer had the inclination or the funds to keep flying Concord, however i have followed Concord’s progress since it was commissioned, it never made money it was run at a loss through out the 70s, 80s and 90s, no matter how much was charged for a one way ticket to New york, approx £2000 in today’s terms or $3,700 it lost money! simple maths is the answer it used allot of Av-gas [jet fuel] for a tiny amount of passengers approx 100.

When the news broke of Concords demise Richard Branson the head and founder of Virgin airways offered to buy 2 aircraft and all the available spare parts, he was resolutely turned down and B.A. announced they would not sell at any price why? the special tooling and spare engines etc were scrapped smashed to pieces and dumped.  The remaining airframes were stripped of engines wiring looms instruments and donated to museums around the world.  British airways were acting like a spoilt child ie “If we cant have them, nor can you so nerr!”