Five years before Concorde’s first flight ... Among its distinctive features were wingtips that remained horizontal at subsonic speeds, but folded down once supersonic to reduce drag.

Concorde, the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, operated from 1976 to 2003. Flown by royals, celebrities, and executives, it was discontinued because of high operating costs. A ...

The iconic British Airways Concorde G-BOAD supersonic jet will return to NYC’s Intrepid Museum after it spent months being restored at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Concorde, which holds the ...

From 1976 to 2003, the Anglo-French airline company Concorde operated a fleet of 14 supersonic jets capable of crossing the Atlantic Ocean in just 3.5 hours. In this video of a flight from New ...

Until Tuesday’s crash of an Air France Concorde near Paris that killed 100 passengers, nine crew members and four people on the ground, the fleet of super-airliners had never been involved in a ...

Concorde’s first flight wouldn’t happen ... that also had separate tail assemblies (meaning their own vertical and horizontal stabilizers), and delta wings that incorporated elevator controls ...

He was describing the supersonic airliner Concorde, which 20 years ago made its final flight — marking the end of a groundbreaking chapter in aviation history. Concorde was a joint project ...

The fastest civilian aircraft since the Concorde is set to take flight this year. Canadian jet maker Bombardier’s Global 8000 private jet will go into service in the second half of 2025.

It’s now almost 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 on March 25, 1970, and more than 21 years since commercial supersonic travel ended with the Anglo-French ...

You can get in touch with Theo by emailing t.burman@newsweek.com. Languages: English. Concorde's retirement in 2003 brought the curtain down on an age of supersonic passenger flights. Now ...