For a fleeting 30 years during the 20th century, supersonic commercial air travel was a reality. But on October 24, 2003, that era came to an abrupt end. That day, British Airways operated its last ...
(CNN) — Concorde flight engineer Warren Hazelby gets chills recalling his first supersonic flight from London to New York in 2002. Hazelby remembers stepping onto the flight deck and taking it all in.
I went on board two Concordes, including the first prototype, at Paris's air and space museum. Concorde, retired in 2003 due to costs and a crash, flew at more than twice the speed of sound. Boom ...
I remember somebody shouting: “There it is, there’s the aircraft!” I was so excited just to see it, I took a picture straight away, and then thought, “hold on, I’ve got to wait until it’s over the ...
In the Concorde lounge at JFK, where the “Air France staff oozed élan,” Marshall chatted with an elegant French woman, and admitted that it was her first flight on the SST. “She was a Concorde regular ...
The Concorde, a supersonic aircraft, marked a significant milestone in aviation history but ultimately ended service in 2003. A student filmmaker's documentary highlighted the Concorde's impact and ...
By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Concorde flight engineer Warren Hazelby gets chills recalling his first supersonic flight from London to New York in 2002. Hazelby remembers stepping onto the flight ...