Rory Sutherland explores our obsession with speed through the prism of Concorde.

Concorde's flight deck is dense, a 1970s analog anachronism in today's digital world. As I scan the vintage panel to get my bearings, I see the usual suspects, but it's also obvious I'm about to fly a ...

The Anglo-French flying marvel, the Concorde, was a flying experience like no other and was retired far too soon.

When it took its maiden flight 50 years ago, Concorde was the epitome of luxury and glamour. The supersonic aircraft first flew passengers on simultaneous flights from London to Bahrain and Paris to ...

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

The rather short-lived Concorde has set the standard for speed when it comes to civilian aircraft. With a maximum cruise speed of Mach 2.04 (1,350 mph/2,179 kph) at an altitude of 60,000 feet (18,288 ...

Aided by a quartet of Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 engines, the Concorde, the world's only commercially successful supersonic passenger plane, was capable of flying at speeds up to 1,354 mph (2,179 kph).

The former chief pilot of the British Airways Concorde fleet has predicted the world will have to wait another quarter-century before passenger planes break the sound barrier again. Captain Jock Lowe ...