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Twenty years ago today Concorde - the great feat of British and French engineering - made its final commercial flight. On board for the journey from were 100 lucky celebrities.
Today in Aviation, a US-Russian Joint Commission began technical interchange and research on supersonic transport technologies in 1996.
Ferrovial, the Spanish investor, is blaming the decision on the CAA for blocking plans to increase Heathrow’s landing charges
How the 'son of Concorde' could revive the supersonic dream A United Airlines order for 15 planes from Boom reignites the debate over transatlantic flights at faster than the speed of sound 9 June 2021 • 3:25pm An artist's impression of United Airlines Boom Supersonic Overture jet Credit: Boom Supersonic via AP Captain Jock Lowe will never forget the first time he flew Concorde. “I’d never actually seen the aeroplane before,” he says. “I can remember that it was a February morning, we walked around the hangar and there it was.” Concorde’s maiden commercial flight was on Janu...
Environmental group Friends of the Earth – which challenged the third runway plan– said that expansion is still “far from certain”, while rival expansion bidder Heathrow Hub maintains that the cost of the third runway remains prohibitive. Although the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the Paris Agreement was in fact adequately considered, Friends of the Earth head of legal Will Rundle emphasised that the judgement is “no ‘green light’ for expansion”. He added: “It makes clear that full climate considerations remain to be addressed and resolved at the planning stage. Heathro...