The Boom Supersonic Overture is often described as the successor of Concorde, but it is yet to be seen if it will succeed ...

Since the 1973 eclipse was going to be near the equator, the Moon’s shadow would move at a relatively slower speed, although ...

Concorde's seats were narrow, upright, and had no screens. The passengers who flew it regularly did not care. Here is why.

The Concorde was the world's longest-serving supersonic airliner. It could cross the Atlantic in record time. Learn why this particular plane was discontinued.

Fifty years after a US ban, the door is cracked open again to faster-than-sound travel over land. And experts think they ...

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 ...

The aircraft, a Concorde chartered by the German cruise line operator Peter Deilmann, carried 100 passengers, six cabin crew, two pilots, and a flight engineer. The captain on that fateful day was ...

The Concorde was once the peak of cutting-edge aircraft design and a status symbol for the world's elite travelers. But the horrific 2000 crash of flight 4590 marked a turning point for this iconic ...

In 2003, Air France donated Concorde F-BVFA to the Smithsonian. The aircraft was the first Air France Concorde to open service to Rio de Janeiro, Washington, D.C., and New York and had flown 17,824 ...

It should come as no surprise that the Concorde had to have a special place to store the mink and sable coats passengers wore on the plane. But those fliers probably had no idea that the staff of the ...

Up in the air: It was one of Whyld's first jobs as a photographer. He had to stand on the skid of a helicopter, suspended 3,000 feet in the air. Pictured here: Whyld in 2003, the year he photographed ...