How the first flights of Concorde reflected the exuberance and geopolitical realities of the time.

We take a look back at the iconic Concorde airliner, and explore whether there's a viable future for supersonic aviation.

Supersonic passenger flight worked technically – but never added up commercially It is 50 years since Concorde began scheduled passenger flights, with British Airways operating a London-Bahrain ...

It only took four hours and ten minutes for the supersonic airliner to cross the pond.

At 28, Mike Bannister was the youngest person to fly Concorde, in 1977.

A “unique” collection of mementoes from the first British Airways Concorde flight has been donated to the museum housing the aircraft by a passenger who was on board. The passenger, Anthony Hopkins, ...

Sounds strange today, but not so long ago you could fly supersonic, on the iconic Concorde, out of Kent. We speak to the man ...

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

A new set of commemorative stamps has been issued by the Royal Mail to mark the 50th anniversary of the first commercial Concorde flights, celebrating one of the most iconic achievements in ...

I went on board two Concordes, including the first prototype, at Paris's air and space museum. Concorde, retired in 2003 due to costs and a crash, flew at more than twice the speed of sound. Boom ...

Concorde's maiden flight was in January 1976, and one is now a visitor attraction at Manchester Airport.

2.02 Cruising speed of Concorde expressed as a Mach number (ratio of the speed of a body to the speed of sound), equal to around 1,350mph. 2.33 Average daily hours flown by each BA Concorde in test ...