Virgin Atlantic Concorde: Sir Richard Branson's quixotic supersonic quest

A closer look at how Sir Richard Branson tried and failed to bring supersonic capabilities to the Virgin Atlantic fleet.
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I toured a Concorde. Take a look inside the discontinued supersonic commercial jet flown by celebrities and royals.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Concorde, the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, operated from 1976 to 2003. Flown by royals, celebrities, and ...
AOL

Supersonic flight is on its way back. I went on board the first Concorde, where it all began.

The author and the two Concordes in Paris's Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace.Pete Syme/BI Commercial flights faster than the speed of sound are one of the few historic innovations that have fallen out of ...
Ars Technica

After Concorde, a long road back to supersonic air travel

When Chuck Yeager reached Mach 1 on October 14, 1947, the entire frame of his Bell X-1 aircraft suddenly started to shake, and the controls went. A crew observing the flight in a van on the ground ...
NPR

The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test

A private company aiming to build the first supersonic airliner since the Concorde retired more than two decades ago achieved its first sound-barrier-busting flight over California's Mojave desert on ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

Would you take a supersonic flight in an airplane? Soon you might be able to

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Ever since the Concorde retired in 2003 after only 27 years of flying, supersonic commercial flights have seemingly been a pipe dream, but new developments in science in technology ...
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I toured a Concorde. Take a look inside the discontinued supersonic commercial jet flown by celebrities and royals.

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Supersonic passenger air travel is a thing of the past, but you can still tour the plane that made it ...