During takeoff and landing, Concorde flew at a steep angle, with its front end tilted skyward and its tail pointing down. If a conventional plane were in this position, its nose would block the ...

This is Reg Turnill in Toulouse, and right in front of me Concorde is winding up her engines at the start of the runway, a magnificent sight with her beaky-nose drooped, all ready to go.

The eyes of the world were on Concorde as it darted at supersonic ... and wrestling a heavy trolley packed with food up the aisle of a plane that flew with its nose proudly stuck in the air.

Recent refurbishment means the distinctive nose of Concorde will be moved at exhibition ... ticket from London to New York was £4,350 and up to £8,292 for a return. Its fine wines and five ...

Parts of the engines and nose cone were made in Scotland. After an air crash at Paris in 2000, economic factors led to Concorde's retirement in 2003 when the Concorde G-BOAA, which was the first ...

Next, we are scaling up the technology on XB-1 for the Overture ... jet is made from carbon fibre, and unlike Concorde’s droop nose, pilots use an “augmented reality vision system” to ...

Overture also ditches the moveable nose, a staple of the Concorde design ... would hover around $5,000 roundtrip instead of the Concorde's up to $20,000 — and that's with fewer seats onboard ...