Concorde
Now the richest man on the planet and worth over $300 billion, Larry Ellison once rented an entire Concorde just to flex a new Oracle database and prove that it was faster than any other rival product. Talk about showing off. Even when Oracle was in its adolescent stage, CEO Larry Ellison knew he was […]
Remarkable old footage capturing the building of the final Concorde has been released. The iconic aircraft was first built in 1969 as a partnership between France and the UK. As a matter of fact, the very name ‘Concorde’ means ‘peace’ or ‘harmony’ in French. The footage, courtesy of the BBC Archive YouTube channel, comes from […]
He wasn’t wrong 20 years, and he’s still right somehow
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 supersonic speedster caused quite a stir
This is a bigger problem than we thought
The NASA X-59 has been developed in conjunction with Lockheed Martin
For once, Air Force One was humbled
It’s definitely a sight to behold
And unfortunately that’s the reason why supersonic flight isn’t possible anymore
The legendary droop nose in action
The Concorde didn’t just fly, it ripped through the sky like a thunderclap in motion. This rare home video, filmed from London Heathrow just weeks before its final flight in 2003, shows one of the last take-offs up close… almost too close. The supersonic jet screams overhead, afterburners flaring, so powerful it actually sets off […]
Concorde remains the last supersonic airliner to fly, the last flight taking place in 2003
This campaign was attention-grabbing, but had limitations
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 […]
