Concorde's four turbojet engines were twice ... about 20 tons of fuel was moved backwards to tanks in the plane's tail and wings. As the aircraft slowed down at the end of a flight, fuel was ...

Because of this, even theoretically faster military aircraft, like the Tornado, could only accompany the Concorde for a short time, as flying at such high speeds quickly drained their fuel tanks.

Fuel management, too, was more complex with Concorde. It had multiple fuel tanks, with fuel moved around during flights and ...

A small prototype jet has broken the sound barrier, making it a possible successor to Concorde more than two decades after the iconic aircraft disappeared from our skies. The test flight might ...

A US aerospace company has announced major progress on its Concorde-like service, a sleek new XB-1 jet. Boom Supersonic confirmed on Monday that the “Son of Concorde” once again flew faster ...

There were 57 instances of Concorde planes suffering burst or punctured ... Of these incidents, six led to penetration of the fuel tanks, an investigators' interim report into the crash added.

Equipped with special bullet-proof rubber lining on the fuel tanks and operating with new tough Michelin tyres, a BA Concorde completed a successful three hours 20 minutes test flight last week ...