Looks like there's some choice Concorde jet memorabilia on eBay right now, including a few coffee cups and plates from the galley. Also: a Rolls-Royce Olympus Turbo-Jet 593-610 engine, for about a ...
I actually do IAD>LHR a few times a year and if you have global entry and status with BA so you can use the first check in wing, it should only take 15 min to check in and get past security, with ...
If you’re a bit of a plane nerd—and if you’re reading this site, the odds are good that you are—a rather interesting eBay auction ended over the weekend. The auction site knows it as item number ...
It’s always a kick to consider that within the span of an average human’s life—about 70 years—we went from the Wright Brothers making their first flight in a 12-horsepower wooden glider to supersonic ...
A French enthusiast group borescoped the engines of a Concorde supersonic airliner on display at the Le Bourget Air and Space Museum outside Paris and found them to be in perfect condition internally.
On March 2, 1969, test pilot Andre Turcat took off from Toulouse, France and landed in the history books. Turcat was flying a prototype of the Concorde, the supersonic jetliner, and, upon returning to ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Concorde, the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, operated from 1976 to 2003. Flown by royals, celebrities, and ...
On the morning of January 21, 1976, two Concordes — one each from British Airways and Air France — took off simultaneously on what would be the aircraft's first commercial supersonic flights with fare ...
In 1970, Jean Calmon was appointed director at Snecma of all activities related to developing the engine for Concorde. He later became senior vice-president for engineering and production and after ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those who took the controls of Concorde say it was like no other airplane. Pilots tell CNN Travel the secrets of flying the ...