Concorde: the ride of a lifetime Half a century has passed since the first flight of the Concorde and the start of the supersonic dream. The flight was supposed to take place on March 1, 1969, but was postponed due to thick fog. March 2, a Sunday, didn’t look much better, but the Mirage jet fighter chase plane was dispatched and reported conditions above the clouds looked promising and sure enough, the sun burned away the mist and the stage … Continue reading Concorde’s first flight – fifty years ago