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Concorde 002 became the first UK-built supersonic airliner to take flight, lifting off from Filton Airport and marking a ...
A British Airways Concorde jet was transported across the Hudson River and back to the Intrepid Museum in New York after undergoing a seven-month restoration. The aircraft was known for its ...
Steve Varsano, an aviation entrepreneur, has spoken about the aircraft and why it was eventually discontinued.
the National Air and Space Museum. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Concorde’s March 1969 first flight, we are reprinting this account of its last transatlantic journey. This essay first ...
Tickets cost $28 for children ages 5 to 12 and $38 for adults. Children age 4 and younger are free. Intrepid tickets can also ...
The Museum of Flight is now accepting entries into their all ages Spacesuit Design Contest. With the top design in each of ...
which was the first British Concorde in scheduled service in January 1976, made its final journey to the National Museum of Flight, where it is now on display. Concorde enabled passenger air ...
During takeoff and landing, Concorde flew at a steep angle, with its front end tilted skyward and its tail pointing down. If a conventional plane were in this position, its nose would block the ...
Since the plane had a high angle of attack during takeoff and landing, the nose pivoted down five degrees for takeoff and 12.5 degrees for landing to enable the pilots to see the runway. Concorde ...
Udvar-Hazy Center is home to some of the titans of aviation history—think the Lockheed SR-71 and the Air France Concorde ... Air and Space Museum's Curtiss F9C-2 was once based at Maxwell Field in ...