Two Concorde cabins can fit side by side in an Airbus A350. The sim at Brooklands is the only bona fide Concorde simulator in operation. It was used by British Airways for flight crew training until ...

(CNN) — On January 21, 1976 a teenage John Tye was among crowds of onlookers clinging to a chain link fence, cheering as the first commercial British Airways Concorde flight departed from London’s ...

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

But other Concorde employees lost their jobs — particularly the flight engineers. When Concorde launched, this was a key aviation role, but by the early 21st century the role was becoming obsolete ...

Duffey helped mastermind the first Concorde training scheme, and flew the aircraft until he retired in 1980. Also there at the beginning was pilot Jock Lowe, who shares a birthday with Concorde — he ...