Concorde, the only successful supersonic airliner the world has ever known. It was cutting edge, super fast, and elegant. But what happened? We track the rise and fall of an aviation icon.

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REFERENCES:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yeager-breaks-sound-barrier

https://blog.boomsupersonic.com/how-exactly-do-you-break-the-sound-barrier-369b37cc59dc

https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/concorde.htm

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/concorde/anat-nf.html

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/concorde-flying-what-was-it-like/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590

https://www.heritageconcorde.com/ 

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