During takeoff and landing, Concorde flew at a steep angle, with its front end tilted skyward and its tail pointing down. If a conventional plane were in this position, its nose would block the ...

The American-built civil supersonic jet is made from carbon fibre, and unlike Concorde’s droop nose, pilots will use an “augmented reality vision system” to see past its long nose for ...

In order to land, you had to get rid of that nose, so down it went. [To learn more about the plane's unique features, see Anatomy of Concorde.] NOVA: Looking back over the years you were a pilot ...

A saleroom that sold a selection of items related to the Dambusters has moved on about 30 years for its latest aviation lot: a nose cone from Concorde. You need a ...