Editing Concorde (section)

===Naming===
At Charles de Gaulle's January 1963 press conference, the aircraft was first called "Concorde".<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Myddelton |first=David R. |title=They Meant Well, Government Project Disasters |publisher=The Institute of Economic Affairs |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-255-36601-4 |edition=1st |location=London, UK |pages=110 |language=English}}</ref> The name was suggested by the 18-year-old son of F.G. Clark, the publicity manager at BAC's Filton plant.<ref name=":2" /> Reflecting the treaty between the British and French governments that led to Concorde's construction, the name ''Concorde'' is from the French word ''[[wikt:concorde#French|concorde]]'' ({{IPA|fr|kɔ̃kɔʁd|IPA}}), which has an English equivalent, ''[[wikt:concord#English|concord]]''. Both words mean ''agreement'', ''harmony'', or ''union''. The name was changed to ''Concord'' by [[Harold Macmillan]] in response to a perceived slight by de Gaulle. At the French roll-out in [[Toulouse]] in late 1967,<ref name="ssccunv">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KSdJAQAAMAAJ |title=Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1967 – Chronology on Science, Technology, and Policy |date=1968 |page=373 |language=en}}</ref> the British [[Minister of Technology]], [[Tony Benn]], announced that he would change the spelling back to ''Concorde''.<ref name="Benn">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,3604,1064752,00.html |title=Sonic booms and that 'e' on the end: Tony Benn remembers his role in getting Concorde off the ground |first=Tony |last=Benn |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=17 October 2003 |access-date=14 December 2016 |archive-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125024459/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2003/oct/17/theairlineindustry.g21 |url-status=live}}</ref> This created a nationalist uproar that died down when Benn stated that the suffixed "e" represented "Excellence, England, Europe, and [[Entente Cordiale|Entente (Cordiale)]]". In his memoirs, he recounted a letter from a Scotsman claiming, "you talk about 'E' for England, but part of it is made in Scotland." Given Scotland's contribution of providing the nose cone for the aircraft, Benn replied, "it was also 'E' for 'Écosse' (the French name for Scotland)&nbsp;– and I might have added 'e' for extravagance and 'e' for escalation as well!"{{sfn|McIntyre|1992|p=20}}

In common usage in the United Kingdom, the type is known as "Concorde" without an [[article (grammar)|article]], rather than "{{em|the}} Concorde" or "{{em|a}} Concorde".<ref>Note this British convention is used throughout this article: {{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/uk/2003/concorde_retirement/default.stm |title= In depth: Farewell to Concorde |work= [[BBC News]] |date= 15 August 2007 |access-date= 4 October 2007 |archive-date= 27 October 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071027143003/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/uk/2003/concorde_retirement/default.stm |url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.britishairways.com/concorde/aboutconcorde.html |title= About Concorde&nbsp;– main page |publisher= British Airways |access-date= 11 January 2010 |archive-date= 11 March 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090311003638/http://www.britishairways.com/concorde/aboutconcorde.html |url-status= live}}</ref>