It is a stark contrast to the proposed development of the West Side of Manhattan, where the abandoned Jets stadium was only the most visible aspect of what seemed doomed to become another urban wasteland.
For all practical purposes the big commercial aircraft manufacturers– Boeing and its European competitor, Airbus have abandoned supersonic jet travel.
Galland landed under fire and abandoned his jet on the runway.
Two months ago the Indian defence minister, Yogendra Narian, said privately that his government had "regrettably" abandoned the British jet, it emerged last night.
The Jets abandoned New York in the 1980s to join their fellow defectors, the so-called New York Giants.
Malaysian airport officials are searching for the owner of three abandoned Boeing 747 jets left unclaimed at an airport for more than a year.
The Jets abandoned their ground-and-pound mentality last Sunday against Green Bay because the Packers made a priority of stopping the run, and did it well.
Against the Steelers, the running game had to be abandoned once the Jets fell behind, and Curtis Martin's third-quarter fumble added to the pain.
He said the friction between Sanchez and Holmes started in Week 3 or 4, or about when the Jets abandoned what Tomlinson considered was an ill-advised decision to expand their offense.
There's a loud pop and an ice-cold bottle of champers appears from nowhere, along with a platter of smoked salmon and cream cheese baguettes - and this is just in the car park at Geneva airport, amid reversing cars, abandoned trolleys and jets roaring overhead.
