After the Space Race there was the supersonic race, as three countries vied to build the first passenger supersonic airliner ...
French Transport Minister Jean-Claude Gayssot has said he is convinced that Concorde flights will resume -- despite the supersonic jet being grounded following the disaster near Paris two months ago.
Concorde was grounded and finally retired in 2003, and in June 2025 the United States cleared a piece of legislation which ...
Supersonic jet the Concorde first took off in 1969, then started offering incredibly fast commercial flights from 1979. The ...
It was the world’s first supersonic airliner—but it couldn’t compete. The Tu-144 promised to outpace Concorde, yet its afterburners burned out in 50 hours, landings needed parachutes, and passengers ...
In June 2025, the United States passed legislation that lifted the decades-old ban on supersonic travel over land. This would ...