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The inaugural flight of the Concorde for the Braniff International Airways and British Airways joint SST service to London from Dallas-Fort Worth via Washington, D.C. was inaugurated #onthisday in 1979. While the Concordes were flown at Mach 2 (over 1,300 mph) out over the Atlantic, Braniff could not exceed Mach 0.95 on the overland DFW–IAD leg. Service was canceled in June 1980. Did you ever fly on Braniff? Image: Braniff International postcard, Concorde, c. 1979. Gift of Thomas G. Dragges. 2015.166.2570
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