CONCORDE was the supersonic passenger jet considered the ultimate luxury in air travel. Here’s all you need to know about the legendary plane, which was retired after 50,000 flights. Air France and ...
When the Concorde lands for the final time at London's Heathrow Airport on Oct. 24, it'll be the last chance in a generation for commercial air passengers to pierce the sound barrier, aviation ...
Forty years ago today the supersonic Concorde took its first test flight, and a design paragon flashed across the skies over Toulouse. With its droop nose and delta wing, the Concorde was a high point ...
Eric Weiner is a Tokyo-based correspondent for National Public Radio. The recent decision by British Airways and Air France to retire their fleet of Concorde jets marks the end, at least for now, of ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Fifty years after the Concorde first flew, a new era of innovation and entrepreneurial ideas seeks to make supersonic flight practical and ...
NASA wants to give supersonic passenger air travel another try. The aerospace agency is looking into whether there is a business case to be made for commercial planes that can fly at four times the ...
Nasa’s X-59 plane will be the first large scale, piloted X-plane that Nasa has launched in more than 30 years when it is finally put together. The plane, which has the full name X-59 Quiet Super-Sonic ...