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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 [[London]] to [[Bristol]], [[UK]] where that particular aircraft was built. It finished commercial operations a month earlier with a final flight from [[New York]] to [[London]] on 24 October 2003.
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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 [[London]] to [[Bristol]], [[UK]] where that particular aircraft was built. It finished commercial operations a month earlier with a final flight from [[New York]] to [[London]] on 24 October 2003.
    
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).
 
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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