Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Tye flew Concorde planes for two years [John Tye] A former Concorde pilot said having the opportunity to fly the supersonic ...

A closer look at how Sir Richard Branson tried and failed to bring supersonic capabilities to the Virgin Atlantic fleet.

How the first flights of Concorde reflected the exuberance and geopolitical realities of the time.

At 28, Mike Bannister was the youngest person to fly Concorde, in 1977.

Concorde's maiden flight was in January 1976, and one is now a visitor attraction at Manchester Airport.

Sounds strange today, but not so long ago you could fly supersonic, on the iconic Concorde, out of Kent. We speak to the man ...

(CNN) — On January 21, 1976 a teenage John Tye was among crowds of onlookers clinging to a chain link fence, cheering as the first commercial British Airways Concorde flight departed from London’s ...

In the year 1990, a strange series of events led to a bizarre encounter between the US Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter jets and the supersonic Concorde jetliner. Although no official records of the ...

A former Concorde pilot said having the opportunity to fly the supersonic plane was "beyond my wildest dreams". John Tye, from Bristol, watched from the fence at London Heathrow as the inaugural ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it took its maiden flight 50 years ago, Concorde was the epitome of luxury and glamour. The supersonic aircraft first flew ...