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[[Image:Concorde1.jpg|thumb|200px|The Concorde in flight]]
 
[[Image:Concorde1.jpg|thumb|200px|The Concorde in flight]]
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The '''Concorde''' was a [[supersonic]] commercial airline [[jet]]. It flew at top speeds of 1330 mph, or 1 mile every 3 seconds. The last Concorde flight was made on November 24, 2003 from [[New York]] to [[London]], [[England]].
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The '''Concorde''' was a [[supersonic]] commercial airline [[jet]]. It flew at top speeds of 1330 mph, or 1 mile every 3 seconds, or Mach 2 - twice the speed of sound. The last Concorde flight was made on November 26, 2003 from [[New York]] to [[Bristol]], [[UK]].
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The plane was named Concorde (French for "concord," which means agreement or harmony) because it was developed as a cooperative project between the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]], specifically between the [[British Aircraft Corporation]] and [[Aerospatiale]].
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The plane was named Concorde (French for "concord," which means agreement or harmony) because it was developed as a cooperative project between the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]], specifically between the [[British Aircraft Corporation]] (now [[BAE]]) and [[Aerospatiale]] (now [[EADS]]).
    
[[Category:Aircraft]]
 
[[Category:Aircraft]]
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