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 Concorde was a marvel of engineering, capable of flying at Mach 2 while delivering passengers across the Atlantic in record time. This video explores the revolutionary technologies behind its ...

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.

To applause from watching crowds, a British Airways' Concorde today successfully completed its first full transatlantic flight since its grounding last year. Flown by pilot Les Brodie, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

21 of the first 35 Concorde flights exceeded noise limits The "intolerable" sound made by Concorde in its first four months flying from Heathrow exceeded noise limits, newly released papers show.