When it took its maiden flight 50 years ago, Concorde was the epitome of luxury and glamour. The supersonic aircraft first flew passengers on simultaneous flights from London to Bahrain and Paris to ...

Rory Sutherland explores our obsession with speed through the prism of Concorde.

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

On Tuesday July 17 at 2:18 p.m. a plane dubbed Alpha Foxtrot took off from London’s Heathrow Airport two minutes ahead of its official departure time. It landed at its destination three hours and 20 ...

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The Anglo-French flying marvel, the Concorde, was a flying experience like no other and was retired far too soon.

A former Concorde pilot who drove the plane to the edge of space has shared his "phenomenal" memories on the aircraft's anniversary. John Tye, 67, who flew the plane from 1998 to 2000, will be ...

The rather short-lived Concorde has set the standard for speed when it comes to civilian aircraft. With a maximum cruise speed of Mach 2.04 (1,350 mph/2,179 kph) at an altitude of 60,000 feet (18,288 ...

Aided by a quartet of Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 engines, the Concorde, the world's only commercially successful supersonic passenger plane, was capable of flying at speeds up to 1,354 mph (2,179 kph).

"The interest from the local public was off the scale – we had 25,000 people turn up at the airport." Former travel company boss Stephen Bath vividly remembers the day Concorde flew from Bournemouth ...