A British Airways Concorde was twice forced to abandon take-off on the runway while carrying showbiz stars and VIP passengers. The supersonic jet was preparing to thunder along the runway in ...

The afterburner that gets the jet off the ground and up to sound breaking speeds alone is a technological marvel. Most people take it for granted, not realizing the science that goes into moving a ...

A PLANE fan is flogging a Concorde engine on eBay — for a sky-high price of £680,000. The Rolls-Royce Olympus Turbojet engine comes with supersonic afterburner which powered the jet to a speed ...

Supersonic flight prepares for a second take-off Boom Supersonic, aka Concorde 2.0, is aiming to fly passengers from 2030. CEO Blake Scholl shares his plans with William Hosie ...

The British-French supersonic Concorde 001 took its first trip last week, ... If all goes according to plan, the 191-ft. prototype will take off on its maiden flight on Feb. 28.

But Concorde was designed to cruise at twice the speed of sound, or 1,350 mph (2,170 km/h). To do that, it required four Olympus jet engines, each capable of a continuous 28,000 lbs of thrust, or ...