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Concorde’s Record-Breaking Test Years
Between the late 1960s and the mid-1970s, Concorde was pushed to its limits by test pilots and engineers in France and the United Kingdom. During this period, it achieved records that no passenger aircraft had ever reached before. In 1973, the Concorde 001 prototype climbed to 68,000 feet during its 340th test flight, setting a new altitude record in commercial…
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April Fools’ Prank in the Sky Concorde is Flying! 😅
FlightRadar24 didn’t skip April Fools’ Day this year and brought a smile to aviation enthusiasts with a clever trick. The legendary Concorde appeared on the radar app with the registration F-BTSD, seemingly flying the Paris–New York route. Users checking the app were briefly thrilled, thinking the iconic supersonic jet had returned to the skies. The aircraft quickly became the most…
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