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 ...

Whether it was the design of the aircraft, the cabin interior ... than other aircraft. Concorde's flight deck looked rather ...

The plane had its first commercial flight on January 21, 1976, so was retired after 27 years of service and 50,000 flights. Several reasons led to the decision to retire Concorde. Air France and ...

Celebrities travelling on the last passenger Concorde flight told today of their ... excited at going on the last trip but sad that the plane was being retired. She said: "I first went on it ...

Since Concorde's retirement at the start of the ... something that enables the company to tailor the plane's interior to each individual customer's needs.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A startup wants to revive the era of the supersonic Concorde for the generations of flyers that missed out — but without the noisy boom and ...

Report shows Air France Concorde plane with passengers getting on board. Concorde taking off and landing. Shannon Airport. The reporter is Kevin McDonald.

Engineers in the US also tried to develop a supersonic plane, but government funding ... after it crashed at the Paris Air Show in 1973. Concorde went on to fly executives, celebrities, and ...