50 years ago today, Concorde flew its inaugural commercial service carrying the first paying paying passengers to the edge of space.
British Airways BA300 and Air France AF025 lifted off simultaneously from London-Heathrow and Paris-CDG at 11:40am, marking a new era in commercial aviation
Touching down in Bahrain and Rio de Janeiro in just over half the time of a subsonic airliner, these flights redefined speed and ambition in the sky.
Passengers included distinguished businessmen, government officials, royalty, and the most influential of the aviation industry – all witnesses to history at Mach 2.
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