When it took its maiden flight 50 years ago, Concorde was the epitome of luxury and glamour. The supersonic aircraft first flew passengers on simultaneous flights from London to Bahrain and Paris to ...

Rory Sutherland explores our obsession with speed through the prism of Concorde.

The announcement follows the signing of new US legislation this June, removing bans on supersonic travel over land. This has been made possible by modern noise-reduction technologies that suppress the ...

The Anglo-French flying marvel, the Concorde, was a flying experience like no other and was retired far too soon.

On Tuesday July 17 at 2:18 p.m. a plane dubbed Alpha Foxtrot took off from London’s Heathrow Airport two minutes ahead of its official departure time. It landed at its destination three hours and 20 ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

Supersonic passenger air travel is a thing of the past, but you can still tour the plane that made it possible. In 1962, the governments of Britain and France signed the Anglo-French Agreement, ...

Aided by a quartet of Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 engines, the Concorde, the world's only commercially successful supersonic passenger plane, was capable of flying at speeds up to 1,354 mph (2,179 kph).

"The interest from the local public was off the scale – we had 25,000 people turn up at the airport." Former travel company boss Stephen Bath vividly remembers the day Concorde flew from Bournemouth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Concorde, the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, operated from 1976 to 2003. Flown by royals, celebrities, and ...