The full story of Concorde’s first flight on 2 March 1969: the treaty that built it, the taxi trials, André Turcat’s maiden flight from Toulouse, Brian Trubshaw’s British first flight five weeks later, and everything that followed. Read article
The full history of Concorde, the Anglo-French supersonic airliner: its origins, design, the Olympus engines, entry into service in 1976, the 2000 Paris crash, retirement in 2003 and where to see the surviving aircraft today. Read article
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