A Supersonic Jet and Its Shock Waves Appear to Pierce the Sun
NASA wants to build the next Concorde, bringing in a new age of supersonic jets that hopefully won’t rupture your…
NASA's First X-plane is a Bold Step Towards the Resurrection of Supersonic Air Travel
NASA’s new series of bullet-shaped “X-planes” are the first step towards trying to resurrect the dream of supersonic…
65,000-Piece Lego Concorde Reveals all the Plane's Inner Workings
In addition to wowing us with a heartbreaking 120,000-piece model of the Titanic breaking in two, Ryan McNaught also…
The Last Supersonic Flight of the Concorde Was 10 Years Ago Today
We were promised supersonic flights. Today, we stay well below the speed of sound. We were promised transatlantic…
The Concorde Story—The Documentary
Lunch break? Like planes? Watch this old documentary on the story of the Concorde, the first and only…
The Concorde's Soviet Older Sister That Just Couldn't Stop Crashing
When you think of super sonic flight, you probably first think of the Concorde. But that wasn't the first super sonic…
The Weird Supersonic Plane That Will Not Boom
There's a reason why the Concorde only few over the Atlantic Ocean: Sonic booms. If every airplane were supersonic,…
The Concorde Took Its First Flight to Failure 35 Years Ago
The Concorde was birthed as a symbol. It was a symbol of diplomacy (the result of a treaty between France and England)…
A Concorde Family Reunion
While it was an abject financial, engineering, and public relations nightmare, the Concorde was certainly a beautiful,…
One Man's Quest to Collect Every Single Item From the Concorde
He says he's not obsessive—we'll leave that for you to decide. But Nathan Shedroff certainly has an obsessive eye for…
Climb Inside a Concorde With These 360 Degree Panoramas
Ever wondered what it was like to fly in a Concorde? Ever wondered what it was like to fly a Concorde? Then dive into th…
Explore every glorious, gauge-covered inch of a jet cockpit
Thanks to Scotland's Museum of Flight, you can look at high resolution photos of every inch of the cockpits of bombers,…
The Supersonic Concorde Jet: Can We Go Back to 1979, Please?
Many of our Gizmodo '79 posts have illustrated just how far we've come in the past three decades, but in one important…
Now You Can Fly a Full-Sized Concorde (Simulator)
The Concorde fleet was grounded a long time ago but, if you want to pilot one, now you can thanks to the full simulator…
British Airways' Last Concorde May Become Dubai Novelty
It's like those sci-fi rich guys who collect everything including somebody's frozen head, only it's real: Dubai…
Concorde's Knobstastic Cockpit Looks Like a Strategic Nuclear Bomber's
Damn, we missed the Concorde's 40th Anniversary yesterday. I love this amazing view of its cockpit. Looks like the…
Concorde Still Most Amazing Flying Experience Five Years Later
This weekend marked the fifth anniversary of the last commercial flight of the Concorde. Capable of flying at a cruise…
Lego Concorde Can Brick the Speed of Sound
This Lego Concorde may not be as big as the Lego Airbus A380, the biggest Lego airplane in the world, but it's still…
Concorde Auction Sees Toilet Seat Go for Astronomical Sum
As the auction of Concorde gear in Toulouse enters its last day, let's see what's been snapped up, shall we? Well, you…
Own a Piece of the Concorde
The iconic embodiment of the commercial airline supersonic era is being sold off piece by piece in France. Scheduled to…