Concordes
Former supersonic airliners
Concordes is the plural of Concorde, the supersonic passenger jet that flew commercially from 1976 to 2003.
Developed jointly by Britain and France, the Concorde could cross the Atlantic in about three hours, roughly half the time of conventional aircraft.
Only twenty were ever built, making references to multiple Concordes relatively rare outside discussions of aviation history or the specific aircraft in museum collections.
Exceeding audio velocity
- jetForced fluid stream
- airlinerLarge commercial passenger plane
- MachSonic speed ratio
- turbojetTurbine-powered aircraft propulsion
transatlantic · passenger · prototype · fleet · aviation · afterburner · fuselage · cockpit
Late sixties year
museum · Heathrow · JFK · era · legacy · icon · decommissioned · farewell
Pictorial screen symbol
- prestigeReputation commanding admiration
- glamourFascinating, elegant attractiveness
- celebrityWidely recognized public figure
- champagneEffervescent celebratory wine
caviar · elite · status · symbol · jet-set · sophistication · nostalgia · milestone
Premier British automaker
- OlympusSacred Greek mountain
- enginesMachines converting fuel to motion
- Anglo-FrenchInsular Norman dialect
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
BAC · reheat · titanium · certification · avionics
supersonic
Exceeding audio velocity
turbojet · transatlantic · passenger · prototype · fleet · aviation · afterburner · fuselage · cockpit · altitude
1969
Late sixties year
Paris · museum · Heathrow · JFK · era · legacy · icon · decommissioned · farewell · preservation
icon
Pictorial screen symbol
- prestigeReputation commanding admiration
- glamourFascinating, elegant attractiveness
- celebrityWidely recognized public figure
champagne · caviar · elite · status · symbol · jet-set · sophistication · nostalgia · milestone · achievement
Rolls-Royce
Premier British automaker
- OlympusSacred Greek mountain
- enginesMachines converting fuel to motion
- Anglo-FrenchInsular Norman dialect
collaboration · BAC · reheat · titanium · certification · avionics
Concordespropeller planes
Aircraft powered by rotating blades
turboprops · blimps · airships · zeppelins · gliders
Concordesworkhorses
Steady, reliable producers
Boeing 737 · DC-9 · regional jets · bush planes · Model T
Concordesbudget airlines
Cheap air travel companies
economy class · Ryanair · charter flights · mass transit · commuter trains
- Lexington and ConcordFirst armed colonial conflict
- Book of ConcordLutheran confessional documents compiled
- Concord grapeBlue-black cultivar for juice
concord, Concord, concordant, concordance, Concorde, concordat, concords