Concorde
A supersonic passenger-carrying commercial airplane. Flown between 1969 and 2003.
Bringing Concorde to a new generation
Key.Aero chats to retired flight attendant Sandie Petch about the wonders of the iconic supersonic aircraft
How did the Tupolev Tu-144 compare to Concorde?
At the height of the Cold War, the East and West drew battle lines across land, resources, and technology. The supersonic passenger aircraft was a technological marvel whose race to production status echoed the state of warfare between the two superpowers. So, which was better: the European Concorde or the Russian Tu-144?
The view from across the Atlantic
German aviation journalist Andreas Spaeth shares his personal account of visiting Concorde at Heathrow on the day the United States came under attack in 2001
A Concorde freighter? The variants that never were
Key.Aero reveals the two ‘other’ models of the iconic supersonic airliner that never left the drawing board
RED EXPRESS
Piotr Butowski reveals the story behind the Soviets’ legendary supersonic airliner that challenged Concorde
WATCH: A captain’s view of nose droop procedure on world’s fastest Concorde
Key.Aero gained privileged access to Duxford’s Concorde and captured the world-famous nose droop from inside the cockpit
Read one of the first ever Concorde flight reports
This is how the legendary Bill Gunston described his 3.5-hr flight from London to Tehran in Concorde G-BBDG back in 1976
When Singapore Airlines operated Concorde... for a week
British Airways and Air France were the main users of Concorde, but there were two other airlines who wanted a piece of the supersonic pie but didn’t want to commit to buying the jets themselves, as Key.Aero reports
43 amazing adverts which tell Concorde's story
The story of Concorde is one of engineering excellence and international cooperation at its best. Key.Aero has collated 43 advertisements which tell this tale from the perspective of the suppliers and partners of this unique supersonic airliner
The inside story of how BA made more than £500m profit from Concorde
After six years of losses on the aircraft, Jock Lowe - the former director of operations at British Airways - explains to Key.Aero how he turned around the supersonic airliner’s financial fortunes