Concorde’s sonic boom would become its downfall, however. Almost all orders for the design were canceled by 1976 as backlash over its noise mounted. In July 2000, the crash of Air France Flight ...

This beautiful Concorde model (with working subsonic nose tilt!) is just one of many models by German modeler Peter Michel, whose work include functional scale replicas of birds from Airbus ...

Concorde’s distinctive drooping nose is back in action - 15 years after it was last used. Since completing its final landing in 2003, Alpha Foxtrot - which was the final Concorde model to be ...

The museum wants the nose to become fully functional again by the Concorde's 50th anniversary, on April 19, 2019—while, at the same time, real plans to revive supersonic airliners of the ...

Concorde G-AXDN was the British pre-production model used for testing. It was donated to the society in 1977 when it was no longer required. Steve Jeal, from the society, said: "Sadly, it will ...

Concorde jet sails to new home at New York museum 2003-11-26 As Concorde goes, so do we 2003-10-30 Last Concorde flights touch down 2003-10-25 Concorde makes last fare-paying flight 2003-10-24 ...

The cockpit lighting systems were also restored Concorde G-AXDN was the British pre-production model used for testing. It was donated to the society in 1977 when it was no longer required.

TV presenter and model Jodie Kidd took to the cockpit to droop the famous nose of the Brooklands Concorde for the first time in almost 35 years. The star, who was passenger on the final British ...

Supersonic Dream homepage Droop Nose During takeoff and landing, Concorde flew at a steep angle, with its front end tilted skyward and its tail pointing down. If a conventional plane were in this ...

Fifteen years after it last flew, supersonic airplane Concorde’s distinctive drooping nose is back in action. Since its final landing in 2003, Alpha Foxtrot (the final Concorde model to be built ...