Concorde
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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.
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).