In 1962, the governments of Britain and France signed the Anglo-French Agreement, pooling their money and resources to develop a supersonic commercial jet. The name "Concorde" was chosen because ...

Tye was exhilarated, amazed and inspired as he saw this sleek, supersonic ... the first turbo jet engine aircraft, and one of its successors, the de Havilland Comet 4. When Concorde came calling ...

[Credit: AirlineGeeks/ Fangzhong Guo] MANCHESTER, England—Concorde is one of the most iconic aircraft in commercial aviation history. It was the only supersonic jet in regular commercial service.

A supersonic passenger jet dubbed the ‘New Concorde’ travelled faster than the speed of sound for the first time during a test flight today. Some 34,000ft above California’s Mojave Desert ...

And in 1962, the United Kingdom and France signed a treaty to share the risks and costs of developing a supersonic commercial airplane. The Concorde was born in 1969 through a partnership with ...

A supersonic aircraft nicknamed the “Son of Concorde” neared Mach 1 — the speed of sound — in a successful test on Tuesday, that could lead to travelers flying between New York and London ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 jet broke the sound barrier for the first ... The XB-1 has been dubbed the “Son of Concorde,” referencing the supersonic plane that could fly from London to New ...

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Concorde flight engineer Warren Hazelby gets chills recalling his first supersonic flight from London to New York in 2002. Hazelby remembers stepping onto the ...

"We're ready to scale up. We're ready to build the passenger supersonic jet that will pick up where Concorde left off and ultimately allow the rest of us to fly supersonic," Scholl said.

When a plane like the Concorde Jet is ahead of its time ... There was once a supersonic passenger jet that could travel faster than the speed of sound and cut half the flight time off routes ...

A small prototype jet ... of supersonic travel, halving some commercial journey times. The era of supersonic commercial flying "came to an abrupt end" in 2003 with the retirement of Concorde ...