Concorde

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The supersonic Concorde passenger jet was retired in 2003.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

The test flight of a plane called XB-1, developed by the company Boom Supersonic, became the first civilian jet to break the sound barrier since the Concorde.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

Coming back, we went from Kenya to London, which is a long flight, then we got on the Concorde.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025

He had invented the probe the previous year to solve measurement problems faced in the manufacture of the Olympus engines that powered the Concorde supersonic aircraft.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024

The team came from one of the Atlanta area’s most expensive soccer academies, the Concorde Football Club, in the upscale suburb of Alpharetta.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John