Concorde's seats were narrow, upright, and had no screens. The passengers who flew it regularly did not care. Here is why.

Why did Concorde's nose droop? The answer lies in delta-wing aerodynamics, triple-redundant hydraulics, and a 250-knot rule ...

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 ...

For 27 years, Concorde made a mockery of time. Leave London, cross the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound, and land in New York before your watch caught up with the time difference, arriving (on ...

The Concorde jet was one of the crowning achievements in aviation. It was a supersonic passenger jet, meaning that it broke the speed of sound while flying. Your average Boeing 737-800 flying with ...

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).

In 2003, British Airways and Air France retired Concorde—history’s only successful supersonic airliner. More than two decades later, a civil aircraft has broken the sound barrier once again. Dawn ...