(CNN) — Concorde flight engineer Warren Hazelby gets chills recalling his first supersonic flight from London to New York in 2002. Hazelby remembers stepping onto the flight deck and taking it all in.
The return of supersonic travel has been remarkably slow for something faster than the speed of sound, but a major milestone was achieved on January 28 when Boom Supersonic completed its first ...
For much of the flight, the flight engineer would sit at a 90-degree angle behind the Concorde pilot and first officer, facing a monitoring panel. But the flight engineer’s seat was also moveable, and ...
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 ...
MOJAVE, Calif. -- The return of supersonic travel has been remarkably slow for something faster than the speed of sound, but a major milestone was achieved Tuesday when Boom Supersonic completed its ...
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On March 2, 1969, the Concorde took to the skies for the first time, marking a new era in commercial aviation. The groundbreaking supersonic airliner was the result of a joint effort between Sud ...
Supersonic flight refers to aircraft travelling faster than the speed of sound, approximately Mach one at sea level, or ...
The closest I’ve ever been to being on a supersonic flight was looking at the Concorde on static display at the Intrepid Museum in New York. But, for an entire generation of travelers and aviators, ...