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 ...

Five years before Concorde’s first flight, another majestic supersonic aircraft took to the skies — and almost became the inspiration for an even faster passenger plane. It was the XB-70 ...

The XB-1 prototype is part of the development of a hypersonic aircraft called Overture. Concorde's successor is well on the way. Concorde ceased commercial flight in 2003. Since then, no civil ...

But its flagship aircraft, the Overture ... the international stage after it crashed at the Paris Air Show in 1973. Concorde went on to fly executives, celebrities, and even royalty from New ...