For a fleeting 30 years during the 20th century, supersonic commercial air travel was a reality. But on October 24, 2003, that era came to an abrupt end. That day, British Airways operated its last ...

Say goodbye to the days of swilling champagne with the likes of Sting and Donald Trump while flying over the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound. The beautiful supersonic bird that is Concorde will ...

Both British Airways and Air France operated seven Concordes, one more than each of them had actually ordered, and one fewer than what was theoretically available. It has now been 50 years since ...

There will never be another aircraft quite like Concorde ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The closest I’ve ever been to being on a supersonic flight was looking at the Concorde on static display at the Intrepid Museum in ...

July 25 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1909, French pioneer aviator Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly a "heavier-than-air machine" across the English Channel. It took him 36 minutes.

As the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, Concorde was popular with royals, celebrities, and business executives.

The author and the two Concordes in Paris's Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace.Pete Syme/BI Commercial flights faster than the speed of sound are one of the few historic innovations that have fallen out of ...

museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The museum’s new companion facility, adjacent to the airport, opens to the public Dec. 15. Spinetta said the airline is confident "Concorde will be seen and ...

Air France commemorates this week the most extraordinary flying dream of the human mankind : Concorde. While British Airways keeps so far a low profile in celebrating… On 21 January 1976, Air France ...