All about the amazing concord:
Did you know that the era of global travel began
in 1970 when first pan am Boeing 747 jet landed
in Heathrow air travel became cheaper and now
it is easy to take a holiday in almost any part of
the world.
Concorde, the world's first supersonic
passenger aircraft, despite its
noise and cost, the plane remains
a favourite.
The time it took a Concorde to get
to New York was 3hrs 20mins, but
normally it would take 11hrs 45mins
for an normal aeroplane to get to
new York from London.
Concorde was banned because it your
in one year.
It cost the government over GBP900 million including the Concorde fleet.
More than 2.5 million since it started commercial passenger services in 1976.
Max speed of concords is 2.04 Mach 2,179 Km/h.
The first jumbo jet in 1970's.
Concorde's are just under 50.000 years old.
After years of trials, the fastest passenger aeroplane in the world called Concorde, came into service in 1976. It was built by Britain and France. It could fly at about 2,100 kilometres per hour.
By Michael and Rohit