A Concorde took to the sky for first time in 16 years - at one of the biggest model aircraft shows in the UK. The 12-foot petrol-powered plane soared through the sky at the annual Woodspring Wings ...

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Nasa has begun testing models of a 'son of Concorde' aircraft - a passenger plane that would travel faster than the speed of sound. The supersonic aircraft, which has been designed by The Boeing ...

The Pepsi blue livery created issues for Concorde because it absorbed much more heat than the standard white paint. At ...

The world's largest collection of model aircraft has found a permanent home in Shannon Airport. Limerick man Michael Kelly's lifelong obsession with aviation has seen him amass 2,300 diecast model ...

One of the most famous airline advertisements in the UK, the British Airways BAC-Aérospatiale Concorde model at London Heathrow airport, is to disappear and will probably be replaced by an Emirates ...

Humanity has always strived to go a lot faster than biology allows, and to meet that goal it developed all sorts of machines for air, land, and sea. But, because most things are not created equal, not ...

Concorde is to take to the skies over North Somerset this month to mark the 20th anniversary of the last flight of the supersonic airliner. Back in 2003, Concorde Alpha Foxtrot was watched by ...

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Sleek, elegant and proud, Concorde stands aloof on the tarmac, an icon of aviation even after being mothballed in her prime and nearly two decades of retirement. I am standing alongside aircraft ...