57 years ago on March 2, 1969: Concorde takes to the skies for the first time. As Concorde’s four Olympus 593 turbines carry the aircraft into the distance the joy of the technicians, engineers, employees and onlookers witnessing the moment is plain to see. The Anglo-French plane took off from Toulouse and was in the air for 27 minutes. The first pilot, Andre Turcat, said on his return to the airport: “Finally the big bird flies, and I can say now that it flies pretty well.” The maiden test flig

L’ULTIMO VIDEO DEL CONCORDE Mentre un padre riprendeva il figlio intento a giocare a calcio, l’inconfondibile sagoma del Concorde attraversò improvvisamente il cielo sopra di loro. Il boato dei suoi motori Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593, ottimizzati per il volo supersonico, ruppe l’aria, creando un contrasto suggestivo con la scena terrestre. Il Concorde, capace di raggiungere Mach 2.04 (oltre il doppio della velocità del suono), era noto per la sua capacità di coprire la tratta transatlantica i

Concorde F-BVFB – The Legend of the Skies ✈️🇫🇷🇬🇧 It was a symbol of speed, elegance, and technical perfection: Concorde. The Franco-British supersonic airliner remains the only passenger aircraft in history to operate regular commercial flights at supersonic speed. Concorde took to the skies for the first time on March 2, 1969, and entered service in 1976 with Air France and British Airways. It made aviation history on routes such as Paris–New York, crossing the Atlantic in just 3.5 hours—le