(Originally published by the Daily News on October 20, 1977. This story was written by Frank Mazza and Alton Slagle.) Like a great prehistoric bird, the supersonic Concorde landed at John F. Kennedy ...

The most revolutionary passenger aircraft ever to fly made its first commercial flight on this day in 1976. It's hard to believe that it has already been 12 years since its retirement! Let's take a ...

This is part of a special series where NPR looks back at our coverage of major news stories in the past. Listen to the full audio story to hear NPR's archival audio. There was a time when you could ...

Nothing about Concorde photographed better than the moment its nose tipped downward on approach. People called it theatrical, ...

There was nothing like the Concorde when it went into flight service in 1976, and there's been nothing like it since. This supersonic jet was able to fly faster than sound travels, breaking the sound ...