Daily Insight: Friday 1 March 2019: I still miss Concorde!
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Category Concorde
Concorde First Commercial Service was Forty Years Ago
Forty years ago, on January 21, 1976, the Concorde made its first passenger flight. The magnificent lines of this airplane still seem timeless, much as the Lockheed Constellation a few generations before. The aircraft remains one of the most beautiful…
Concorde – Ten Years Later
It seems hard to believe that the last commercial Concorde flight occurred ten years ago today. Unfortunately, it is unlikely to be replaced in the near future, as fuel costs are now the major constraint on supersonic travel, which remains…