Editing Concorde (section)

===Public perception===
[[File:ConcordeBG.jpg|thumb|alt=BA-liveried Concorde leading a V-formation with seven of the Red Arrow's Gnat aircraft in view. The Gnats are trailing blue and white smoke|Parade flight with the [[Red Arrows]] at the Queen's [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]], June 2002]]

Concorde was normally perceived as a privilege of the rich, but special circular or one-way (with return by other flight or ship) charter flights were arranged to bring a trip within the means of moderately well-off enthusiasts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Business-and-Industry/24962872 |title=British Airways Concorde is expected to begin flying passengers again in next 6 weeks |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=23 August 2001 |access-date=30 June 2011 |archive-date=23 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523161433/http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/Business-and-Industry/24962872 |url-status=live}}</ref> As a symbol of national pride, an example from the BA fleet made occasional [[flypast]]s at selected Royal events, major air shows and other special occasions, sometimes in formation with the [[Red Arrows]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62676656.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616203834/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62676656.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 June 2012 |title=Red Arrows fly into Scotland |work=Daily Record |date=12 June 2000 |access-date=30 June 2011}}<br/>* {{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3297816/Million-turn-out-to-crown-Queens-Jubilee.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3297816/Million-turn-out-to-crown-Queens-Jubilee.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Million turn out to crown Queen's Jubilee |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=1 April 2010 |date=4 June 2002}}</ref> On the final day of commercial service, public interest was so great that grandstands were erected at Heathrow Airport. Significant numbers of people attended the final landings; the event received widespread media coverage.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1444939/Chaos-fear-at-Concorde-farewell.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1444939/Chaos-fear-at-Concorde-farewell.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Chaos fear at Concorde farewell |work=The Daily Telegraph |first=Sandra |last=Laville |date=24 October 2003 |location=London}}</ref>

The aircraft was usually referred to by the British as simply "Concorde".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2003/concorde_retirement/default.stm |title=Farewell to Concorde |work=BBC News |access-date=15 January 2010 |date=15 August 2007 |archive-date=13 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413081030/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2003/concorde_retirement/default.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> In France it was known as "le Concorde" due to "le", the [[definite article]],<ref name="OxLangFrGlos">[http://www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com/Public/PublicResources.html?direction=b-fr-en&sp=S/oldo/resources/fr/French-supp-05.xml Oxford Language Dictionaries Online&nbsp;– French Resources] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612022620/http://www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com/Public/PublicResources.html?direction=b-fr-en |date=12 June 2010}}: Glossary of Grammatical Terms</ref> used in [[French grammar]] to introduce the name of a ship or aircraft,<ref>[http://www.cnrtl.fr/lexicographie/academie9/le Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201121348/http://www.cnrtl.fr/lexicographie/academie9/le |date=1 December 2009}}&nbsp;– Définition de LE, LA: article défini, II.3</ref> and the capital being used to distinguish a [[proper name]] from a [[common noun]] of the same spelling.<ref name="OxLangFrGlos" /><ref>[http://grammaire.reverso.net/5_2_01_la_majuscule_dans_les_noms_propres.shtml Reverso Dictionnaire: La majuscule dans les noms propres] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613103504/http://grammaire.reverso.net/5_2_01_la_majuscule_dans_les_noms_propres.shtml |date=13 June 2010}} ("Capital letters within proper names")</ref> In French, the common noun ''concorde'' means "agreement, harmony, or peace".{{Refn|''concorde'' ''s.f.'' concord, unity, harmony, peace.{{sfn|Ferrar|1980|p=114}} |group=N}} Concorde's pilots and British Airways in official publications often refer to Concorde both in the singular and plural as "she" or "her".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishairways.com/travel/concvidhome/public/en_gb |title=Celebrate Concorde: videos |publisher=British Airways |access-date=15 January 2010 |archive-date=14 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414125204/http://www.britishairways.com/travel/concvidhome/public/en_gb |url-status=live}}<br/>* {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro3QVMCG-aY |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428142911/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro3QVMCG-aY |archive-date=28 April 2007 |url-status=dead |title=Documentary of British Airways Concorde introduction |publisher=YouTube}}</ref>

In 2006, 37 years after its first test flight, Concorde was announced the winner of the Great British Design Quest organised by the BBC (through ''[[The Culture Show]]'') and the [[Design Museum]]. A total of 212,000 votes were cast with Concorde beating other British design icons such as the [[Mini]], [[mini skirt]], [[Jaguar E-Type]] car, the [[Tube map]], the [[World Wide Web]], the [[Red telephone box|K2 red telephone box]] and the [[Supermarine Spitfire]].<ref name="Concorde beats">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/concorde-beats-tube-map-to-become-britains-favourite-design-6106516.html |title=Concorde beats Tube map to become Britain's favourite design |first=Louise |last=Jury |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |date=16 March 2006 |access-date=26 August 2017 |archive-date=29 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029114811/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/concorde-beats-tube-map-to-become-britains-favourite-design-6106516.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Long list unveiled for national vote on public's favourite example of Great British Design |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/01_january/27/culture.shtml|agency=BBC|date=18 November 2016|access-date=18 November 2016 |archive-date=14 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214232324/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/01_january/27/culture.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>