What Was Your Worst Air Travel Experience?
Photo: Jasmin Merdan (Getty Images) Remember when air travel was all comfort and luxury, jet-setting around on the Concorde in full black tie regalia? Yeah, me neither. My years of …
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Here’s How Modified Concorde Chased The 1973 Solar Eclipse Across The Sky For Science
Total solar eclipses don’t happen every day, so when they do you’ve got to take advantage. That’s exactly what a group of scientists did from the inside of a Concorde …
British Airways Replaced Concorde With A Luxury Airbus
For more than 25 years, it was possible to fly from New York to London in under three hours, all while being pampered with first class luxury on the British …
Gulf Air’s Banked Formula 1 Flyover Is An Intense Ride Even In Rehearsal
Photo: Clive Mason (Getty Images) Pregame ceremonies for any major sporting event in the United States aren’t complete without a flyover. Formula 1 is no different despite being a European-based …
Watch Workers Build The Last Concorde Ever Made
It wasn’t too long ago that people were able to fly from London to New York in less than three and a half hours, while today it can take roughly …
President Kennedy’s Pursuit For A Supersonic Airliner Was Doomed From The Start
President John F. Kennedy, in June 1963, walked out to a podium at Falcon Stadium, the football stadium at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. While addressing the graduating …
There’s A Relic Runway From America’s Failed Supersonic Future Hiding In The Everglades
Supersonic airliners never became as common as airlines and government officials hoped.Photo: Victor Drees/Daily Express/Hulton Archive (Getty Images) When supersonic flight was set to transform passenger air travel in the …
Concorde Engine Finally Sold On eBay, Afterburner Included
Photo: Matt Cardy (Getty Images) A Concorde turbojet engine that spent years listed on eBay finally sold over the weekend to one lucky buyer, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be …
Airlines Are Scrapping Airbus 380s For Souvenirs
Photo: Eric Piermont / AFP (Getty Images) Air France and Emirates have started selling bag tags made for the skin of their first Airbus A380s. The double-decker airliners built early …
NASA Is Aiming To Develop Supersonic Passenger Jets Twice As Fast As Concorde
The NASA Quesst mission’s Lockheed Martin X-59 at take-offPhoto: NASA NASA thinks there may be a business case for supersonic passenger air travel at speeds up to Mach 4, perhaps equipped …