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Concorde may have retired but a number of projects hope to bring supersonic air travel back to the masses. On a gusty March day in 1969, the future of air travel was revealed. A spontaneous burst ...
The Concorde was the world's longest-serving supersonic airliner. It could cross the Atlantic in record time. Learn why this ...
N E W   Y O R K, Sept. 4 -- It occured on July 25 of last year, but the images still seem vivid: an Air France Concorde bursts into flames and crashes while taking off near Paris, killing ...
Officials in Britain and France insisted Wednesday that the Concorde is not dead, despite aviation authorities’ decision to revoke the aging supersonic jet’s airworthiness certificate. British ...
Between 1976, when Concorde began flights to the United States, and 2003, when the aircraft was retired, you may have been fortunate enough, as I was once, to see Concorde take off.
On departure from New York to Paris, the Concorde will take off at 8 a.m., arriving at Paris-CDG at 5:45 p.m. Air France said the changes to the flight times offered more connections.
As the Concorde veered off the runway, and onto the grass, trailing 150 feet of flame, it headed straight for the presidential plane. At the last second, the Concorde pilot realized he was going ...
July 31 -- Concorde crash investigators said it could take more than 18 months to determine what caused the Concorde to crash minutes after takeoff. “We are at the beginning of a difficult ...
Aviation had a groundbreaking achievement on January 21, 1976, when the inaugural commercial flight of the Concorde took to the air. Departing from Heathrow Airport in London and headed to Bahrain ...
Today marks 50 years since Concorde made its maiden flight for 27 minutes from Toulouse Airport. The supersonic jet used a pointed nose which drooped during take-off.
Concorde may have retired but a number of projects hope to bring supersonic air travel back to the masses. On a gusty March day in 1969, the future of air travel was revealed. A spontaneous burst ...