Similar to a delta wing, the Soviet-developed Tu-144 incorporated special retractable foreplanes (canards) to improve lift ...

On March 2, 1969, the Concorde took flight for the first time, ushering in a new era of supersonic travel. A marvel of ...

Passenger flights are expected to begin in 2029. Overture kept Concorde's Delta-wing design that minimizes aerodynamic "wave drag" at high speeds — meaning the basic airframes look similar.

It's a classic aerodynamic problem: most wing shapes that perform well at high speeds by minimizing "drag" don't have the "lift" needed for takeoff. The solution for Concorde was an elegant delta ...

Between 1976, when Concorde began flights to the United States ... a swan rising from a stretch of still water, its wide-spread wings angled steeply, its distinctive slender head bent forwards ...

I originally was going to post an entry about a 4-foot long piece of Concorde wing that I have - a test article used to do destructive testing in the 1960s. Instead, the photo shows a sledge ...

It is shaped much like a passenger plane, with two large horizontal wings and a tail fin ... Several reasons led to the decision to retire Concorde. Air France and British Airways cited low ...

Passenger flights are expected to begin in 2029. Overture kept Concorde's Delta-wing design that minimizes aerodynamic "wave drag" at high speeds — meaning the basic airframes look similar. Wave drag ...