Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Tye flew Concorde planes for two years [John Tye] A former Concorde pilot said having the opportunity to fly the supersonic ...

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

Concorde began its signature route from London Heathrow to JFK airport in New York in November 1977. That journey takes ...

A closer look at how Sir Richard Branson tried and failed to bring supersonic capabilities to the Virgin Atlantic fleet.

We take a look back at the iconic Concorde airliner, and explore whether there's a viable future for supersonic aviation.

Sounds strange today, but not so long ago you could fly supersonic, on the iconic Concorde, out of Kent. We speak to the man ...

Supersonic passenger flight worked technically – but never added up commercially It is 50 years since Concorde began scheduled passenger flights, with British Airways operating a London-Bahrain ...

A Surrey pilot who became the youngest person to fly a Concorde says he is still fascinated by the supersonic plane, 50 years after its first commercial flight. Concorde first flew passengers from ...

(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 ...

A former Concorde pilot said having the opportunity to fly the supersonic plane was "beyond my wildest dreams". John Tye, from Bristol, watched from the fence at London Heathrow as the inaugural ...