Historical
Concorde’s First Supersonic Test Flight
12th October 2020 - in Articles
Although the maiden flight was on 2 March 1969, on 1 October 50 years ago, Concorde prototype 001 made the type’s first supersonic proving flight. On its forty-fifth test flight the aircraft broke the sound barrier attaining a speed of Mach 1.5 (1,125 mph) and flew supersonically for nine minutes.…
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