July marks 25 years since an Air France Concorde suffered a catastrophic incident just after departing Paris-Charles de ...

The Concorde suffered a fatal crash in July 2000, which spurred the end of the supersonic jet program. ... Zach Wichter is a travel reporter and writes the Cruising Altitude column for USA TODAY.

The Concorde suffered a fatal crash in July 2000, which spurred the end of the supersonic jet program. ... Zach Wichter is a travel reporter and writes the Cruising Altitude column for USA TODAY.

The Birth of the Concorde. On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke through. Cruising in an experimental Bell X-1 aircraft at an altitude in excess of 40,000 feet, the test pilot made history by ...

When Concorde First Flew, ... Able to cruise at a near-stratospheric altitude of 60,000 feet at 1350 miles per hour, the plane cut travel times on its routes in half.

On September 26, 1973, the Concorde supersonic airliner flew from Washington D.C. to Paris for the first time, in a record-breaking 3 hours and 32 minutes.In 2003, Air France and British Airways ...

From 1976 to 2003, the Concorde was the world’s most expensive high-tech form of air travel: $1,500 for a round trip the first year and $12,000 by the last. Jet-setters — who included Princess ...

The Concorde suffered a fatal crash in July 2000, which spurred the end of the supersonic jet program. ... Last week's Cruising Altitude: Want to fly in a fancy seat for less?