St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: November 29, 2021

St. Louis MO

30 November, 2021

9:33 AM

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Press release from St. Louis Science Center: November 29, 2021 Today in 1962, the British Aircraft Corporation and French airline company, Sud Aviation, agreed to jointly design and manufacture a 100-seat supersonic passenger airliner that would become the Concorde. Within the decade, the first Concorde had broken the sound barrier on October 1, 1969. Passenger flights began on January 21, 1976 making the Concorde the first and only commercial aircraft capable of supersonic speeds. This press release was produced by St. Louis Science Center. The views expressed here are the author's own.