At 28, Mike Bannister was the youngest person to fly Concorde, in 1977.

(CNN) — On January 21, 1976 a teenage John Tye was among crowds of onlookers clinging to a chain link fence, cheering as the first commercial British Airways Concorde flight departed from London’s ...

How the first flights of Concorde reflected the exuberance and geopolitical realities of the time.

Concorde, the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, operated from 1976 to 2003. Flown by royals, celebrities, and executives, it was discontinued because of high operating costs. A Concorde ...