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 ...

American based Federation World Airlines has just acquired a Concorde jet, which will make its inaugural commercial flight from Washington D.C. to Paris and then to Moscow as a goodwill gesture ...

France's culture minister Rachida Dati has announced the designation of Concorde Number 1 – a model of the Franco-British supersonic aircraft – as a historical monument. "This aircraft ...

After its June 2003 transatlantic trip, Concorde F-BVFA taxis to its final home, the National Air and Space Museum. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Concorde’s March 1969 first flight ...

This is Reg Turnill in Toulouse, and right in front of me Concorde is winding up her engines at the start of the runway, a magnificent sight with her beaky-nose drooped, all ready to go.

Even when you stand behind two thicknesses of armoured glass in the safety and comparative quiet of the test control room, you can sense the staggering power which one of these Concorde engines ...