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.

How the legacy of an aviation icon lives on today.

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 ...

Until Nasa and Lockheed Martin claimed their experimental X-59 may lead to a son of Concorde, the notion of commercial supersonic travel had been in long retirement.

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 ...

Today is 26 years since flight AF4590 crashed shortly after taking off from Charles de Gaulle airport in France on July 25, 2000, and the pilot issued a tragic four-word final message ...

LONDON (CNN) -- French aviation officials have joined their British counterparts in confirming the suspension of Concorde's airworthiness certificate until the plane's safety can be guaranteed.

It is 26 years to the day since Air France Flight 4590 crashed near Paris, killing 113 people and spelling the beginning of ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

Days That Shocked The World looks back on an incident in 2000 when a Concorde crashed in France. Concorde went into service on the 21st January 1976, hurtling along at more than twice the speed of ...

The rebirth of commercial supersonic flight has kind of, sort of come to pass as Dawn Aerospace announces that its 16-ft (4.8-m) Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft broke the sound barrier with a ...

The author and the two Concordes in Paris's Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace.Pete Syme/BI Commercial flights faster than the speed of sound are one of the few historic innovations that have fallen out of ...