Friday 25 October 2013

Concorde 10 Years On

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Concorde captured the imagination of aviation enthusiasts and passengers across the world, even if it never lived up to its original commercial promise. For decades the supersonic airliner carried those who could afford a ticket between New York and London in three hours.

Yesterday it was 10 years ago that Concorde made its last commercial flight from New York to London. The Telegraph looks back at the history of the supersonic airliner, the Paris crash in 2000, and how it was able to cross the Atlantic in three hours.

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