Mach 2, Paris-New York in 3 hours 40 minutes: how did the Concorde become a legend? ✈️👋 More airplane documentaries, subscribe 👉 https://bit.ly/3toKF1e 🙏

00:00 — Concorde, birth of a legendary aircraft
02:25 — The dream of a supersonic airliner
05:04 — Concorde's incredible delta wing
08:24 — Breaking the sound barrier
11:49 — The Franco-British alliance
18:20 — Withstanding the extreme demands of Mach 2
22:22 — The Olympus 593 engines and afterburner
26:40 — Concorde's historic first flight
30:47 — Inside the supersonic cockpit
33:06 — Concorde breaks the sound barrier
34:52 — The price to pay for flying at Mach 2
39:33 — The first commercial flights
41:15 — Pilots, Concorde crews and passengers
44:56 — Why the Concorde stopped flying
45:08 — The accident of July 25, 2000
46:07 — The Concorde's technological legacy
48:25 — The last flight and the end of an era
50:08 — Concorde definitively enters into legend

Nearly 20 years after its retirement on November 26, 2003, the Concorde remains an exceptional aircraft and a symbol of Franco-British technological advancement. The first supersonic commercial airliner, it could carry between 100 and 144 passengers at a cruising speed of Mach 2.02. Featuring distinctive delta wings, also known as Gothic wings, the Concorde was also the first civilian aircraft to be equipped with analog fly-by-wire controls. This documentary presents the various innovations that marked its creation and describes how this unique aircraft, with its sleek, pointed nose, became the symbol of a technological revolution in 20th-century civil aviation. Through archival footage, testimonials from those who participated in this incredible adventure, and shots of the Concorde, discover this giant of aviation.

The Extraordinary Story of the Concorde
Director: Véronique Lhorme
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