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On January 21, 1976, Air France and British Airways marked a pivotal moment in the advancement of commercial aviation.
This image was posted on April 28, 2023.
#ssttimemachine #concorde #avgeek
In 1963, the United States launched a government-funded Supersonic Transport (SST) program to compete with the joint British and French Concorde project.
This image was posted on March 21, 2023.
#sstfirstgeneration #avgeek #concorde
In 1963, American President John F. Kennedy announced the launch of a government-funded SST program to compete with the joint British and French Concorde project.
This image was posted on February 09, 2023.
#sstfirstgeneration #avgeek #concorde
The Concorde’s Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 afterburning turbojet engines— a turbine-driven compressor that thrusts heated, compressed air through a propelling nozzle—were atypical.
This image was posted on January 19, 2023.
#sstfirstgeneration #avgeek #concorde
The inaugural flight of the Concorde for the Braniff International Airways and British Airways joint SST service from Dallas-Fort Worth via Washington, DC, to London departed #onthisday in 1979.
This image was posted on January 13, 2023.
#braniff #concorde #avgeek #aviationhistory #ba
Our newest exhibition “Supersonic Time Machine: Documenting the Concorde” is now open in the Aviation Museum and Library.
This image was posted on December 29, 2022.
#ssttimemachine #concorde #avgeek
Our newest exhibition, “Supersonic Transport: The First Generation” is now on display in the Aviation Museum and Library.
This image was posted on December 16, 2022.
#sstfirstgeneration #avgeek #concorde
#Onthisday in 1969, the first Concorde prototype took off on its maiden flight departing from Toulouse, France.
This image was posted on March 02, 2022.
#concorde #greatbritain #france #avgeek #airplane
#OnThisDay in 1974, the Aérospatiale/British Aircraft Corporation Concorde supersonic transport (SST) landed at SFO.
This image was posted on October 21, 2021.
#avgeek #sfohistory #concorde
The Concorde SST (supersonic transport) was the first successful transoceanic supersonic airliner—although the Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 was the first supersonic airliner to be introduced.
This image was posted on September 15, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #sst #supersonictransport #concorde #airfrance #britishairways
#OnThisDay in 1974, the Concorde landed at SFO.
This image was posted on October 21, 2020.
#avgeek #museumfromhome #concorde
#Onthisday in 1969, the first British-made Concorde took off on its maiden flight departing from Filton, England, to RAF Fairford.
This image was posted on April 09, 2020.
#museumfromhome #avgeek #concorde