Five years before Concorde’s first flight, another majestic supersonic aircraft took to the skies — and almost became the inspiration for an even faster passenger plane. It was the XB-70 Valkyrie, an ...

John Tye flew a Concorde plane 23 years after he watched the inaugural flight leave London Heathrow.

Aided by a quartet of Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 engines, the Concorde, the world's only commercially successful supersonic passenger plane, was capable of flying at speeds up to 1,354 mph (2,179 kph).

A new set of commemorative stamps has been issued by the Royal Mail to mark the 50th anniversary of the first commercial Concorde flights, celebrating one of the most iconic achievements in ...