Concorde: 40 Years of Supersonic Magic
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Taking Flight
A full scale mock up of the Anglo-French supersonic passenger jet is prepared in Filton, England, for presentation to customer airlines. The seeds for Concorde were sown in the late 1950s when the United Kingdom, France, United States and the Soviet Union first considered developing supersonic transport.
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