Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Tye flew Concorde planes for two years [John Tye] A former Concorde pilot said having the opportunity to fly the supersonic ...

A closer look at how Sir Richard Branson tried and failed to bring supersonic capabilities to the Virgin Atlantic fleet.

How the first flights of Concorde reflected the exuberance and geopolitical realities of the time.

At 28, Mike Bannister was the youngest person to fly Concorde, in 1977.

Concorde's maiden flight was in January 1976, and one is now a visitor attraction at Manchester Airport.

Sounds strange today, but not so long ago you could fly supersonic, on the iconic Concorde, out of Kent. We speak to the man ...

Supersonic passenger flight worked technically – but never added up commercially It is 50 years since Concorde began scheduled passenger flights, with British Airways operating a London-Bahrain ...

It’s just over 50 years since the world’s only supersonic passenger jet launch. By today’s standards it doesn’t seem too luxurious – unless you were a Hobbit.

In the year 1990, a strange series of events led to a bizarre encounter between the US Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter jets and the supersonic Concorde jetliner. Although no official records of the ...

A former Concorde pilot said having the opportunity to fly the supersonic plane was "beyond my wildest dreams". John Tye, from Bristol, watched from the fence at London Heathrow as the inaugural ...