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.

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

The aircraft flew from London to Bahrain on January 21 1976.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Concorde pilot Mike Bannister, from Staines, flew the plane's last commercial flight in 2003 [Getty Images] A Surrey pilot who ...