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 ...

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 ...

The Concorde passenger jet set a record when ... "They actually had to devise a way for the nose to go down [mechanically]," he said. "In the business, we call this a 'droop snoot.'" ...

An iconic and retired supersonic Concorde jet sailed down the river in Manhattan today ... The famous aircraft with a sharp-needled nose went through a process of repainting and sanding in ...