Tower control: “Air France Concorde flight 4590 turn and hold runway 26R.” Pilot: “Roger that tower, 26 Right.” Tower moments later: “Air France 4590, you are cleared for takeoff. Good day.” On July ...
The author and the two Concordes in Paris's Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace.Pete Syme/BI Commercial flights faster than the speed of sound are one of the few historic innovations that have fallen out of ...
This is part of a special series where NPR looks back at our coverage of major news stories in the past. Listen to the full audio story to hear NPR's archival audio. There was a time when you could ...