Sonic boom restrictions limited Concorde to transatlantic flights, reducing its route flexibility and revenue potential.

The Soviet Tu-144 flew before Concorde and became the first passenger aircraft to exceed twice the speed of sound. During the ...

Until Nasa and Lockheed Martin claimed their experimental X-59 may lead to a son of Concorde, the notion of commercial supersonic travel had been in long retirement.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those who took the controls of Concorde say it was like no other airplane. Pilots tell CNN Travel the secrets of flying the ...

When a plane like the Concorde Jet is ahead of its time and doesn't ultimately last, it's more than simply a defunct project, it's a failed promise of the future, of what could have been. There was ...

British-French supersonic jet Concorde flew so close to the edge of space that it had to carry a special radiation meter to ...

As 25 July marks the 20th anniversary of Concorde's fatal crash, we look back on the highlights – and lowlights – of the famed supersonic jet. 5 November 1956 The Supersonic Transport Aircraft ...

The first commercial Concorde flights took off on January 21, 1976. Two Concordes, each operated by one of the partner airlines that funded and developed the supersonic technology, departed ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The problems Concorde experienced were due to regulations and market forces, rather than shortcomings inherent to the airframe itself. The Soviet-built Tu-144 ...

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NASA’S “Son of Concorde” jet that could fly from the UK to New York in four hours has smashed through the sound barrier without triggering the usual sonic boom. The experimental ...