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What Actually Happened to the Concorde
The 2000 crash of Air France Flight 4590 marked the tragic downfall of the iconic Concorde, the world’s fastest commercial airliner. What began with a piece of debris on the runway set off a ...
Steve Varsano, an aviation entrepreneur, has spoken about the aircraft and why it was eventually discontinued.
Two Concordes vanished from public view forever. One ended in tragedy, the other in silence. Read the untold story of the Concorde you’ll never see.
A NEW near-supersonic jet with luxury living spaces, a full kitchen and a shower room is set to take flight this year. Jet ...
CHINA’S state-owned aircraft company Comac has revealed plans for a stealthy supersonic jet that can fly at more than ...
There was a catalogue of operational and cockpit errors on the day of the fatal Concorde crash - July 25, 2000; The crew took off with an over-weight plane; Because of this, the crew should have ...
This means that Boom's vision for a far wider range of destinations is a lot more possible. Potential routes include San Francisco to Tokyo, which could be made in six hours, and Newark, New Jersey, ...
Thirty of these 57 incidents since the plane came into service in 1976 were ... had been replaced only 16 days before the Concorde crash. The report said that investigators had asked "various ...
After revolutionising air travel for nearly 30 years, spiralling costs and a fatal crash in the year ... also to fly routes that Concorde never could. The retired plane emitted sonic booms over ...