> The plane was conceived in the era of big government bankrolled air travel and doesn't have a role in the reality of flying buses we see today.
This is a little bit unfair. Among other innovations, Concorde was the first production airliner with fly-by-wire controls (first flown March 1969!). The people who worked on it carried their experience to later highly successful designs such as the Airbus 300 and Airbus 320 series, which is a backbone of modern air travel.
The 737 MAX fiasco shows that Boeing still hasn't caught up with what Airbus was doing in the 1980s.
This is a little bit unfair. Among other innovations, Concorde was the first production airliner with fly-by-wire controls (first flown March 1969!). The people who worked on it carried their experience to later highly successful designs such as the Airbus 300 and Airbus 320 series, which is a backbone of modern air travel.
The 737 MAX fiasco shows that Boeing still hasn't caught up with what Airbus was doing in the 1980s.