Today, the Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde, the turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner icon, first flew in 1969.

to see Concorde take off. I noticed it from a distance, while landing at New York's JFK airport in another plane. But it stood out unmistakably from other nearby aircraft, like a giant white swan ...

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This decline was significantly impacted by the tragic crash of an Air France Concorde in July 2000, just minutes after take-off from Paris. The crash, caused by a burst tyre that led to fuel tank ...

Since Concorde's retirement at the start of the ... airport infrastructure and will have no difficulty landing and taking off like a conventional aircraft, while also cutting down journey times ...

Imagine taking off from London's Heathrow airport at 9 a.m. and after an immaculately smooth flight arriving in New York before 8 o'clock that same morning. It was possible on Concorde ...

The world’s most glamorous aircraft was cruising at a thrilling 1,315mph, with the curvature of the Earth visible to those who cared enough to peer out of its tiny cabin windows. The eyes of the ...

Passenger numbers also fell after an Air France Concorde crashed just minutes after taking off from Paris in July 2000. The disaster killed all 109 people on board and four others on the ground.

Putting on the afterburners – or reheat – for take-off and to generate thrust as it powered through Mach 1 was thrilling. But often Concorde pilots like him had to go easy for fear celebrity ...