Originally Posted by
alanR
Concorde was better. The Connie always looks as if it thumped the tail down hard and bent the back half of the fuselage
But the Connie was designed using a beautiful compound curve, which shows in different cabins throughout its fuselage versus flying what amounts to be in a very narrow straight tube of the Concorde. The Concorde is nice but in terms of overall spatial and experiential qualities in and outside of the aircraft, it's no match to the Connie.