The Concorde: A multi-million dollar flop

How exactly did the world’s first supersonic airliner fizzle out?

#engineering

[qrstuvwxyz]

it did not fail. it flew for more than 30 years

[hifijohn]

It was the worlds fastest plane that had nowhere to go.

[ClintThrust-er]

The Concorde didn't fail, Air France failed the Concorde.

[potapotapotapotapotapota]

if I had the money for such a plane ticket every year I could retire

[ckdigitaltheqofth]

There was many attributes needed tweaking, that could've today, the engines were too tiny, using too much afterburn chem fuel, the nose point, could've been fixed, with only a paracope feature that gave an under view for the pilot, as natural bulk scope, plus emergency smoke burn vision., Also the body, didn't need such a wide wing, it needed to BE a wing (longated pinch adjacent edge), like most SR military models.

[robinsattahip]

Worth the cost to one-up the Americans.

[vikrantsatpute]

Concorde in current time still will be a flop for commercial operations as the fuel price is the major issues for airlines. Only business supersonic jet can be viable for super richs.

[MarcPagan]

Sorry I missed my chance
....as a United Airlines employee, I could have bought a one-way JFK/LHR space available ticket for $300 USD
vs
$60 to fly UA international first class, with its huge recliner size seats.
FYI, business class was $40 each way, and coach, $20.

[terranceyeo]

why was it a flop, down scale it and it would make a great fighter jet bomber

[gouravmisra]

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[michaellord]

narrated by an American typically who always use its noise as an issue... but when it sends anything into space noise is not an issue? why are the Americans still trying to get their SST into the air? it was stopped by an American jet losing its part on take off which got ingested by the French Concorde... hardly aerospatiales fault.

[emmanueldcruz]

Boom super sonic . Already booked by United Airlines. We can see super sonic Planes in upcoming years.