Hoist the critics

THE LATEST CONCORDE‐OBSERVER newspaper fracas suggests that the aircraft industry still does not appreciate the methods and effect of that loose‐knit bunch of strange bedfellows, the anti‐aviation/technology lobby. One way or another, these people succeeded in having the TSR 2 axed and, but for the determination of the French, were well set to achieve equal success over Concorde. So they are certainly not to be dismissed lightly.