We take a look back at the iconic Concorde airliner, and explore whether there's a viable future for supersonic aviation.

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 ...

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

With certification now completed in Europe and North America, including Canada and the United States, the Bombardier Global ...

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 ...

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 ...

Supersonic passenger flight worked technically – but never added up commercially It is 50 years since Concorde began scheduled passenger flights, with British Airways operating a London-Bahrain ...

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).

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.

(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 ...