Concorde has completed its last flight, ending three decades of supersonic travel.

Three flights landed at Heathrow airport within five minutes of each other, watched by thousands of onlookers on Friday afternoon.

it really seems horribly backward that supersonic passenger flights have ended for the time being. concorde’s been shuttling backwards and forwards for nearly three decades but nobody else has succeeded in reducing flight times in the same way or even suceeded in making this kind of travel accessible to the ordinary passenger. it’s not often you see technological advancement reach a dead end in quite such a spectacular fashion, i’m hoping it’s just a bend in the road.