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

Supersonic passenger flight worked technically – but never added up commercially It is 50 years since Concorde began scheduled passenger flights, with British Airways operating a London-Bahrain ...

The Concorde program was the world's first supersonic airliner, undertaken in a joint development and manufacturing effort by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Concorde took its ...

How the first flights of Concorde reflected the exuberance and geopolitical realities of the time.

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Onlookers wave off the last ever Concorde passenger flight departing JFK International Airport on Oct 24 2003 - Mario Tama/Getty ...

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 ...

After World War II, as early supersonic military aircraft were pushing the boundaries of flight, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that commercial aircraft would eventually fly faster than sound as ...

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

Half a century on, a beautifully crafted anniversary film invites viewers to rediscover the Air France Concorde.