British Airways
It might be ‘the most magical place on Earth’, but when Disney World, Florida, staged a double Concorde landing for EPCOT, it defied belief. On October 18, 1982, two supersonic Concorde jets from British Airways and Air France touched down almost side by side at Orlando International Airport – almost wrecking the runway in the […]
The Concorde project cut the Atlantic journey in half – but its own story was was over in a flash. The joint British-French venture completely revolutionized the very concept of airplane travel itself. After flying for 21 years, Concorde was ultimately scrapped in October of 2003. So why did such a game-changing aircraft only enjoy […]
It’s an eerie yet fascinating slice of aviation history
Concorde is one of the most famous feats of engineering from the 20th century. This collaboration between Britain and France led to supersonic airplane travel. However, it only lasted for 27 years, with Concorde being grounded in 2003. Yesterday, there was some very good news – as the first supersonic jet is now a historical […]
It was helped out by a powerful jet stream