Fragments from an exploding tire may have punctured a fuel tank, causing the blowtorch fire that doomed the Air France Concorde, investigators said yesterday. Two of the four tires under the plane&… ...

In 2003, Lewis Whyld took an instantly classic photograph of the Concorde on its last flight, ... For such an elite aircraft, later Concorde flights used surprisingly simple crockery.

The reason for Concorde’s demise isn’t simple. It happened due to a range of factors, from high price to manufacturing concerns to environmental worries. In concert, ...

From 1976 to 2003, the Concorde was the world’s most expensive high-tech form of air travel: $1,500 for a round trip the first year and $12,000 by the last. Jet-setters — who included Princess ...

We had supersonic air travel, and then we didn’t, and the reasons are fairly banal. One factor was a high-profile crash that happened in France, in 2000, when a chartered Concorde hit a piece of ...

Wilbur and Orville Wright, with the Kittyhawk wind clawing at their pant legs, never imagined sipping champagne at Mach II. But you can have it, along with table linen, crystal and French chocolate… ...

In this interview, former captain Brian Calvert reminisces about his years of flying Concorde, including cruising over 1,350 miles per hour at an altitude so high he could clearly see the ...

In 2003, Lewis Whyld took an instantly classic photograph of the Concorde on its last flight, ... For such an elite aircraft, later Concorde flights used surprisingly simple crockery.