A plane of this type can extend its wings for maximum lift in taking off and landing, and swing them back for travel at high speeds. A proposed variant of the swing wing, in which one wing sweeps to the rear and another forward, produces an arrangement that causes a minimum shock wave...
s first supersonic airliner would come amidst espionage, as well as accusations thereof. This isthe topic of a documentarythat recently aired on Channel 4 in the UK calledConcorde: The Race for Supersonic, yet what is the evidence that theSoviet Tu-144truly was just a Concorde clone, a ...
On June 12, 2003, Concorde F-BVFA landed at Washington Dulles International Airport after its final flight. The airliner is now on permanent display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.Eric Long The military is exempt from restrictions on supersonic flight, but only in tightly defined corridors...