Roger Moore, the only Bond to ever travel in one, comments on the retirement of Concorde

This year, a century after the Wright Brothers` first flight, British Airways and Air France will retire their Concordes because of falling demand and rising costs. The jets will be turned over to museums.

For 27 years, the Concorde represented all that the Jet Age seemed to offer.

"I think it`s rather sad" that the Concorde`s days are near an end, said Roger Moore. As James Bond, Moore flies from Paris to Rio de Janeiro on a Concorde in the 1979 film Moonraker. Moore says he flew the Concorde 20 or 30 times, and what he`ll miss most is the speed, but adds, "The caviar was always a little bit better."

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