I’m seated in "Le Club," Air France's Concorde Lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (LFPG). It's May 2000, and across from me, outside a panoramic window, Concorde waits in silhouette-poised, ...
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Why you couldn’t afford to fly Concorde
Concorde was supposed to revolutionize air travel, cutting flight times in half and making supersonic travel the norm. Instead, rising fuel costs, noise complaints, and sky-high operating expenses led ...
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Why Don't Planes Fly Faster?
One would think that with all the advances in aircraft manufacture and technology, that aircraft would now be faster than ...
A British Airways Concorde taking off at Heathrow in 2001 - Getty There were many adjectives, superlatives and descriptions thrown at Concorde during its 27 years in the heavens. “Fast” was one of ...
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Chasing a Solar Eclipse at Mach 2 in a Concorde
Experiencing a total eclipse for 74 minutes, passengers of Concorde 001 followed the path of totality as it crossed Africa in 1973, setting a record for ...
Denver-based Boom Supersonic wants to revive Mach-speed travel with its Overture plane. Overture would feature improved efficiency, safety, and a quieter engine than Concorde. Boom's innovations ...
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