The Concorde could outrun any airliner. It could never withstand the economic and engineering woes that were always in close pursuit. For one thing, the cost of burning fuel at such an unprecedented rate meant ticket prices even the plane’s well-heeled clientele struggled to afford. “The ai...
Byrne, Paul
In 1996, the supersonic Concorde set a record for the fastest commercial flight between New York and London, completing the journey in just two hours, 52 minutes, and 59 seconds. Concorde jets flew for only 27 years before beingretired in 2003. The largest passenger plane ever built is the...
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Speed is expensive, whether you are talking about a military transport or a high-end sports car. We certainly have had the capability to build supersonic transports for decades, but only the Concorde saw (heavily subsidized) commercial service; none have ever been developed for military applicatio...
With the demise of the Concorde, commercial supersonic travel seemed like it would never return to airlines. But NASA is also designing a supersonic airliner — one that will have a “low boom.” This project is referred to as “QueSST” (Quiet Supersonic Technology). ...
Concorde was a British – French supersonic, turbojet-powered passenger airliner operated until 2003. At Mach 2.04 (1,354 mph or 2,180 km / h at cruise altitude), it had a maximum speed over twice the sound speed, with seating for 92-128 passengers. Concorde was first flown in 1969,...
but that lowers your shutter speed, which means you could get blur if you move the camera too quickly. There was a lot of mental arithmetic and I probably changed my camera’s settings 10 times before Concorde arrived
Record-setting, perhaps, but for a subsonic airliner. Half a century ago, the legendary supersonic passenger airliner Concorde made its first test flight, on March 2, 1969. The Concorde 001 prototype took off from Toulouse, piloted by André Turcat, and first went supersonic on October 1....