Retro footage shows Concorde touching down at tiny British airport in 1999 with a beautiful landing
Retro footage shows Concorde touching down at tiny British airport in 1999 with a beautiful landing

Sensational footage on YouTube shows a Concorde supersonic airliner landing at Leeds Bradford Airport in the UK back in 1999. Concorde, capable of traveling faster than the speed of sound, first took flight in 1969 and entered commercial service in 1976 before being retired in 2003. The 1999 footage shows an excited crowd watching the […]

In the 1960s Oklahoma City was tortured with jet sonic booms in an attempt to prove something
In the 1960s Oklahoma City was tortured with jet sonic booms in an attempt to prove something

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 prototype recently broke the sound barrier and did so without creating an audible sonic boom on the ground. The upcoming ‘son of Concorde’ airliner could become the aircraft that overturns a long-standing Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ban. The ban, stretching back to 1973, prohibits supersonic flights over land due to noise concerns. […]

Incredible close-up footage of Concorde landing is the closest most people will ever come to seeing it
Incredible close-up footage of Concorde landing is the closest most people will ever come to seeing it

Given that the once-majestic aircraft are all supposed to be ‘grounded’, this incredible footage of a Concorde landing might be the closest you’ll ever get to seeing it in action. The supersonic jets were first commercialized back in the late 60s but have since been pulled out of the air. But one of these twenty […]

China tests commercial supersonic prototype plane at twice the speed of Concorde
China tests commercial supersonic prototype plane at twice the speed of Concorde

They say the first test flights might take off next year

Flight engineer revealed what it was actually like to operate Concorde
Flight engineer revealed what it was actually like to operate Concorde

It’s a unique POV that most of us can only imagine

Footage shows when Concorde was forced into dramatic go-around as A340 blocks runway
Footage shows when Concorde was forced into dramatic go-around as A340 blocks runway

What a machine this was

Man holds the record for most-traveled Concorde passenger with a storied history
Man holds the record for most-traveled Concorde passenger with a storied history

An unbeatable record

This is how much it cost to fly on Concorde back in the 1970s
This is how much it cost to fly on Concorde back in the 1970s

The supersonic flights didn’t come cheap

Chief Concorde pilot flies next-gen supersonic aircraft
Chief Concorde pilot flies next-gen supersonic aircraft

Spoiler alert: he loved it

First images of Boom Supersonic Overture cockpit show how different it is from Concorde’s
First images of Boom Supersonic Overture cockpit show how different it is from Concorde’s

Supersonic flight has come along way

Two Concordes once landed simultaneously at Orlando in spectacular parallel landing
Two Concordes once landed simultaneously at Orlando in spectacular parallel landing

Not something you see every day

Rare image shows what Concorde’s cockpit controls looked like at Mach 2
Rare image shows what Concorde’s cockpit controls looked like at Mach 2

It could never be repeated