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Over 30 former Concorde crew reunited to honor the aircraft’s legacy with a ‘droop nose’ display by Concorde Alpha Foxtrot, the last Concorde to fly.
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50 years since Concorde's first commercial flight, memories linger on
The world’s first supersonic passenger plane, Concorde, made its maiden commercial flight 50 years ago this month on 21 January 1976. Its delta-wing design and drooping nose made it instantly recognisable, and although it went out of service in 2003, it is still remembered to this day.
The first commercial flight was on January 21, 1976.In 2000 one of his planes had an accident and in 2003 he stopped operating.
On January 21, 1976, Air France operated its first commercial Concorde flight, bound for Dakar and Rio de Janeiro. Fifty years later, the airline is launching an exclusive collection of items soon to be available on shopping.airfrance.com: model airplanes, silk scarves, shawls, notebooks, and keychains. The airline has also released a documentary on its YouTube channel retracing the history of the Concorde. The White Bird's Flight On Wednesday, …
This January 21, 2026 marked the 50th anniversary of Concorde's first commercial flight. On January 21, 1976, two aircraft of Air France and British Airways took off simultaneously to Rio and Bahrain, opening the era of the...
Fast-paced accelerations, passage of the sound wall without shaking, view of the curvature of the Earth: former pilots tell what it was like to fly the Concorde, the fastest airliner in history, which was withdrawn from service in 2003.
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