In 1970, the world got its first real TV look at something that didn’t seem possible yet - the prototype Concorde. Cameras ...

A closer look at how Sir Richard Branson tried and failed to bring supersonic capabilities to the Virgin Atlantic fleet.

Two decades after Concorde’s last flight a new class of supersonic commercial jets are on the horizon. Boom Supersonic's experimental XB-1 jet (shown in a Schlieren photograph) has flown at supersonic ...

Back in the day, a typical London to New York Concorde crossing took a little less than 3.5 hours, compared with ...

Concorde's maiden flight was in January 1976, and one is now a visitor attraction at Manchester Airport. A ceremony is held to mark the beginning of building the 20,000-capacity arena. Former travel ...

A number of factors led to the Concorde ceasing all operations in 2003, including a fatal crash that killed 113 people in 2000 Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty The Concorde was the ...

For a fleeting 30 years during the 20th century, supersonic commercial air travel was a reality. But on October 24, 2003, that era came to an abrupt end. That day, British Airways operated its last ...

The 1960s were a period of change, transition and unstoppable optimism. It was the age when propeller driven aircraft had all but been phased out by jets, man had successfully gone to space and ...

Meet Blake Scholl, the Elon Musk of air travel who is determined to get the world back on supersonic passenger jets John Arlidge is an aviation expert who has flown more miles, on more airlines, on ...

On September 26, 1973, an Air France Concorde flew from Washington, DC, to Paris — marking the first nonstop supersonic flight by the Anglo-French airliner. A few years later, Air France and British ...