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Learn more about the Concorde in “Supersonic Time Machine: Documenting the Concorde,” on display pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://t.co/2CDygHAoyP #SSTTimeMachine #Concorde #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 28, 2023.

On the same day, British Airways launched its much-anticipated Concorde service from London’s Heathrow Airport to the Kingdom of Bahrain. This Concorde flight lasted just over four hours. The same route required more than six hours in a subsonic airliner. #SSTTimeMachine #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 28, 2023.

With one refueling stop in Dakar, the inaugural Air France Concorde flight required just seven hours. A nonstop flight on a subsonic Boeing 747 during this time required more than eleven hours. #SSTTimeMachine #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 28, 2023.

On January 21, 1976, with television cameras broadcasting to millions of viewers, Air France launched its Concorde supersonic transport (SST) service between Paris and Rio de Janeiro. #SSTTimeMachine #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 28, 2023.

Learn more about the Concorde in “Supersonic Time Machine: Documenting the Concorde,” on display pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library or online at: https://t.co/2CDygHAoyP #SSTTimeMachine #Concorde #AvGeek This tweet was posted on March 24, 2023.

The charge for a round-trip Air France Concorde ticket from Washington, DC to Paris was $1,654 (more than $8,700 today when adjusted for inflation). In November 1977, Concorde service was added to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. #SSTTimeMachine #Concorde This tweet was posted on March 24, 2023.

These supersonic transatlantic flights at 1,350 mph required just three and one-half hours, faster than the sun moves across the Earth. #SSTTimeMachine #Concorde This tweet was posted on March 24, 2023.

Initially, Congress banned Concorde service to the United States due to concerns over the aircraft’s sonic boom, but five months after the Concorde’s inaugural flight, an exception was made for service to Washington @dulles_airport from London and Paris. #SSTTimeMachine #Concorde This tweet was posted on March 24, 2023.