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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#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on April 28, 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#ConcordeThis tweet was posted on March 24, 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#AvGeekThis 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#ConcordeThis 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#ConcordeThis tweet was posted on March 24, 2023.
See “Supersonic Transport: The First Generation” on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library, located on the departures level of the International Terminal and online at: https://t.co/ghULprIIXt
#SSTFirstGeneration#AvGeek#ConcordeThis tweet was posted on March 21, 2023.
See “Supersonic Transport: The First Generation” on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://t.co/ghULprIIXt
#SSTFirstGeneration#AvGeek#ConcordeThis tweet was posted on January 19, 2023.
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 only lasted a year and a half and was canceled in June 1980. #Braniff#Concorde#avgeekThis tweet was posted on January 14, 2023.
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 only lasted a year and a half and was canceled in June 1980. #Braniff#Concorde#avgeekThis tweet was posted on January 13, 2023.