A French enthusiast group borescoped the engines of a Concorde supersonic airliner on display at the Le Bourget Air and Space Museum outside Paris and found them to be in perfect condition internally.

As the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, Concorde was popular with royals, celebrities, and business executives.

The Concorde, for example – a supersonic commercial passenger aircraft in operation from 1976 to 2003 – was notorious for its fuel inefficiencies. It's was said to use around 2 tons (627 gallons / ...

Tye reckons it’s “something that could definitely happen again,” but points out engines would need to be quieter and more fuel efficient. “We couldn’t have Concorde engines now, they’re far too noisy ...

(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 ...