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The Concorde was the world's longest-serving supersonic airliner. It could cross the Atlantic in record time. Learn why this particular plane was discontinued.

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You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Commercial flights faster than the speed of sound are one of the few historic innovations that have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

It would make a great Jeopardy question — what was the first airliner in the world to reach supersonic speeds? Many people would likely answer the Concorde, the distinctive and sleek supersonic ...

What it was like to pilot the supersonic Concorde jet <i>BWP Media/Getty Images via CNN Newsource</i><br/>Those who took the controls of Concorde say it was like no other airplane. Pilots tell CNN ...

When Tye first piloted Concorde in the late 1990s, the airplane had been established for two decades. Peter Duffey was there at the very beginning, as one of the first British Airways pilots selected ...