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| Supersonic Concorde |
"Concorde" the name of this airline reflects the development agreement between the two manufacturing countries United Kingdom and France.
Aérospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation(BAC) jointly developed and produced Concorde under an Anglo-French treaty. It was First flown in 1969 then Concorde entered into passenger services in 1976 and continued commercial flights for 27 years. Concorde had flown regular transatlantic flights from London Heathrow and Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport to Washington Dulles, New York JFK and Barbados islands.
During World War II heavy research into aircraft technics led to the creation of the first jet aircraft and rocket. "Supersonic speed" is a speed of travel of an object that exceeds the speed of sound i.e. if an object travels @ speed approximately 343.2 m/s, 768 mph, 667 knots, or 1,235 km/h in dry air of a temperature of 20 °C (68 °F) at sea level called Supersonic speed. The first recognized flight of Supersonic speed was on October 14, 1947 by a manned aircraft. The first 'supersonic' woman pilot, Jacqueline Cochran, flew an F-86 Canadair Sabre in 1953.
"Concorde" the Supersonic airliner Manufacturered by BAC (now BAE Systems) and Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale and EADS) between 1965 to 1979 and the total numbers of airlines are 20 (including 6 non-airline aircraft). It had first flight on 2 March 1969. First Passenger flight on 24th May 1976. It has retired from services on 26 November 2003 after almost 27 years of services.
The aircraft is regarded by many people as an engineering marvel and an aviation icon.
