Concorde: 40 Years of Supersonic Magic

A cluster of Concordes gather at London's Heathrow airport
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Nose to Tail
Always making for a pretty picture, a cluster of Concordes gather at London's Heathrow airport. Air France and British Airways ran a regular transatlantic service to New York with an average flight time of just three and a half hours.

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