Most airports are the seventh circle of hell. None of us wants to spend a moment more than we have to in a second rate ...

Just over two decades have passed since Concorde exited the UK passenger market and no plane has ever topped one important ...

As 25 July marks the 20-year anniversary of Concorde’s fatal crash, we look back on the highlights – and lowlights – of the famed supersonic jet. The Supersonic Transport Aircraft Committee recommends ...

A new supersonic aircraft that could travel from New York to London in just three hours and 40 minutes is being developed by a firm called Boom Supersonic, and early tests seem positive ...

This is part of a special series where NPR looks back at our coverage of major news stories in the past. Listen to the full audio story to hear NPR's archival audio. There was a time when you could ...

Is there anything that hasn't been said about the Anglo-French Concorde supersonic passenger airliner that hasn't already been said? Even over half a century after its first flight, no aircraft from ...

NEW YORK -- The Concorde soared into the sky on its last regular passenger flight today, heading for London as the world bid adieu, cheerio and farewell to the era of supersonic travel. The British ...

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