Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:11 AM 12/29/03 +0000, Frank Dernie wrote: >I read over Christmas that each Concorde passenger was subsidised by >£3,300 by the British taxpayer - maybe just as well it was stopped, >beautiful though it is! Well, figures don't lie but liars figure. The Concorde long ago repaid the purchase cost and was making a handsome profit off of its passengers. BUT that only occurred because the British and French governments absorbed the development costs for the craft. Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html