The Concorde program was the world's first supersonic airliner, undertaken in a joint development and manufacturing effort by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Concorde took its ...

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 Concorde ...

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How the first flights of Concorde reflected the exuberance and geopolitical realities of the time.

I went on board two Concordes, including the first prototype, at Paris's air and space museum. Concorde, retired in 2003 due to costs and a crash, flew at more than twice the speed of sound. Boom ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Tye flew Concorde planes for two years [John Tye] A former Concorde pilot said having the opportunity to fly the supersonic ...

New stamps mark 50th anniversary of first commercial Concorde flights - The first commercial Concorde flights departed on January 21 1976.

Aided by a quartet of Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 engines, the Concorde, the world's only commercially successful supersonic passenger plane, was capable of flying at speeds up to 1,354 mph (2,179 kph).

(CNN) — On January 21, 1976 a teenage John Tye was among crowds of onlookers clinging to a chain link fence, cheering as the first commercial British Airways Concorde flight departed from London’s ...

The first Concorde as it was being transferred to the Aeorscopia aviation museum in Blagnac The Concorde 001 takes off for its first flight on March 2, 1969 in southern France The first Concorde ...

A new set of commemorative stamps has been issued by the Royal Mail to mark the 50th anniversary of the first commercial Concorde flights, celebrating one of the most iconic achievements in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grounded: A retired British Airways Concorde being moved by a barge past the Statue of Liberty in New York City in 2024 ...