In 1970, television cameras recorded the prototype Concorde performing a low, high-speed pass that stunned viewers. The ...
Fifty years after a US ban, the door is cracked open again to faster-than-sound travel over land. And experts think they ...
Experiencing a total eclipse for 74 minutes, passengers of Concorde 001 followed the path of totality as it crossed Africa in 1973, setting a record for the longest-ever total eclipse observation.
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 ...
For nearly three decades, the Concorde revved up air travel by flying passengers at more than twice the speed of sound. After making its first scheduled supersonic flight in 1976, the Concorde held ...
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.
British-French supersonic jet Concorde flew so close to the edge of space that it had to carry a special radiation meter to monitor dangerous cosmic storms. If the cockpit instrument sounded an alarm, ...