The Boeing 2707 was meant to be America’s answer to Concorde — a supersonic airliner that promised to revolutionize passenger ...

On August 16, 1995, an Air France Concorde would set a new speed record flying around the world in 31 hours, 27 minutes and ...

The Concorde supersonic jet made trips from New York to London, across the Atlantic, in only three and a half hours, a record ...

The Concorde cut transatlantic flight times in half vs. traditional subsonic jet airliners, but why was it restricted from ...

Boom Supersonic says its production plane, known as Overture, will fly at 60,000 feet, the same as Concorde. The speed, Mach 1.7, is one-sixth slower – but still twice as fast as subsonic aircraft. It ...

Concorde carried about 119,500 liters (31,569 gallons) of fuel and burned about 25,629 liters/hour (6,771 gallons/hour) in ...

April 18, 2001 • Concorde completes safety tests February 2, 2001 • Concorde flight gets green light January 16, 2001 RELATED SITES: • British Airways • Civil Aviation Authority • Air France ...

Ground shots of the crash site of Air France Concorde flight AF4590 Play video (QuickTime, Real or Windows Media) News conference held hours after the crash by Air France and JFK Airport in New York ...

The flight came almost six months after the unprecedented crashof a Concorde on July 25. Two minutes after takeoff, the Air Francejet plunged in flames into a hotel outside Charles de Gaulleairport.