When two Concorde supersonic airliners landed simultaneously at Orlando International Airport The video and photo in this post, taken on October 18, 1982, show two Concorde supersonic airliners landing side…
The first airliner to reach supersonic flight was not the Soviet-built Tupolev Tu-144 or the well-known Concorde, which wouldn’t break the sound barrier until a test flight in October 1969.…
“Ultimately, all of the U.S. airlines canceled their orders for the Concorde for economic as well as environmental reasons. John Anderson and I were tremendously disappointed,” Paul Roitsch, Captain with…
In the past, a flight engineer’s position was used in the design and construction of the majority of bigger aircraft, both military and civil A flight engineer (FE), commonly referred…
Before an estimated 35,000 spectators, the British Airways and Air France Concorde supersonic aircraft approached from the south and touched down next to each other less than two seconds apart.…
Although the wings should remain white due to worries about fuel temperature, Air France was given permission to paint the Concorde fuselage blue One of the most recognizable aircraft to…
The Tornado crew needed the Concorde to slow down from Mach 2 to Mach 1.5–1.6 in order for them to get the shot The stunning photograph in this post, which…