It's a classic aerodynamic problem: most wing shapes that perform well at high speeds by minimizing "drag" don't have the "lift" needed for takeoff. The solution for Concorde was an elegant delta ...

I originally was going to post an entry about a 4-foot long piece of Concorde wing that I have - a test article used to do destructive testing in the 1960s. Instead, the photo shows a sledge ...

The graceful ogival delta wing of the Concorde offered stability at Mach 2. Its designers pioneered complex variable engine ...

Between 1976, when Concorde began flights to the United States ... a swan rising from a stretch of still water, its wide-spread wings angled steeply, its distinctive slender head bent forwards ...