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Not a single photo of Concorde flying at Mach 2 exists. Here’s why.

‘It was not a true luxury experience:’ Air Traffic Controller describes what it was really like flying on the Concorde Supersonic Airliner

Dario Leone

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Air traffic controller tells the story of when he asked for vertical separation to an SR-71 Blackbird crew in conflicting route with a Concorde Supersonic Airliner

Civil Aviation / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Air traffic controller tells the story of when he asked for vertical separation to an SR-71 Blackbird crew in conflicting route with a Concorde Supersonic Airliner

Dario Leone

RAF Tornado F3 pilot tells the story of when he was near scrambled to intercept an Air France Concorde flying at Mach 1.6 over the Falklands

Civil Aviation / Military Aviation

RAF Tornado F3 pilot tells the story of when he was near scrambled to intercept an Air France Concorde flying at Mach 1.6 over the Falklands

Dario Leone

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Braniff Airways was the only US Airline to operate the Concorde supersonic airliner (but at subsonic speeds)

Braniff Airways was the only US airline to operate the Concorde supersonic airliner (but at subsonic speeds)

Dario Leone

How Singapore Airlines became the third airline in the world (after British Airways and Air France) to operate Concorde supersonic airliner

Aviation History / Civil Aviation

How Singapore Airlines became the third airline in the world (after British Airways and Air France) to operate Concorde supersonic airliner

Dario Leone

Not a single photo of Concorde flying at Mach 2 exists. Here’s why.

Civil Aviation / Cold War Era

Not a single photo of Concorde flying at Mach 2 exists. Here’s why.

Dario Leone

That time two Concorde supersonic airliners landed simultaneously at Orlando International Airport (and cooked the runway when they took off)

Aviation History / Civil Aviation

That time two Concorde supersonic airliners landed simultaneously at Orlando International Airport (and cooked the runway when they took off)

Dario Leone

First Airbus A380 Scrapped

Civil Aviation / Losses and Aviation Safety

First Airbus A380 Scrapped

Dario Leone

Here’s why Pepsi Blue Paint Limited Concorde to Mach 1.7

Aviation History / Civil Aviation

Here’s why Pepsi Blue Paint Limited Concorde to Mach 1.7

Dario Leone

Here's the only picture of Concorde flying at supersonic speed

Aviation History / Civil Aviation

Here’s the only picture of Concorde flying at supersonic speed

Dario Leone

Concorde

HERE’S A BEAUTIFUL FOOTAGE OF CONCORDE MACH 2 AIRLINER MAIDEN FLIGHT

Dario Leone

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