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

If you had been staring at the skies over London or Paris 50 years ago today, you might have seen something special. Jan 21 ...

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

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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, ...

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, ...

Concorde crossed the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound, cutting travel time in half compared to a conventional passenger plane. The... 20 years ago, the supersonic passenger jet Concorde flew for ...