On 29 Jul 2003 11:23:45 -0700, (Dan Caster) wrote:

spitfire2 wrote in message took quite a


We and the French designed and built the Concorde, while the Russians
had a stab at the same thing, but the poor Yanks, with all their money
and loud mouths, gave up, and then did their damndest to prevent
Concorde operating into the USA! Talk about sour grapes!

And Canada built the Arrow back in 1958??? and the USA forced the
abandonment of the project. First successful supersonic fighter
design. A crime.