British/French supersonic airliner, designed in the sixties and entered commercial service in 1976. A supreme technological success (and the only successful supersonic airliner), but catastrophic from a business point of view.
Concorde was designed when fuel was cheap, and when it didn't seem like there would be any objection to generating sonic booms over populated areas. By the time it was ready to go into commercial service, environmental concerns and fuel costs eroded most of the potential market. In the end, Concorde served only with Air France and British Airways, mostly flying on the New York - Paris and New York - London routes.
After the first fatal Concorde accident in 2000, the fleet was grounded for over a year. The decision was finally made to retire the two Concorde fleets in 2003, and the survivors were retired to museums in Germany, France, Britain, the United States, and Barbados. No supersonic successor appears likely
Concorde was designed when fuel was cheap, and when it didn't seem like there would be any objection to generating sonic booms over populated areas. By the time it was ready to go into commercial service, environmental concerns and fuel costs eroded most of the potential market. In the end, Concorde served only with Air France and British Airways, mostly flying on the New York - Paris and New York - London routes.
After the first fatal Concorde accident in 2000, the fleet was grounded for over a year. The decision was finally made to retire the two Concorde fleets in 2003, and the survivors were retired to museums in Germany, France, Britain, the United States, and Barbados. No supersonic successor appears likely
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Get the concorde mug.Concorde - It's a Noun, Adjective and Verb. A group of 4 people who stick together. Like other such groups. All members are LADs. All have one goal. To snake girls and wingman for each other. If a member is snaking in a club, other members will be required to wing for their captain, even taking on grenades. All members are required to drink until a member of concorde passes out/throws up/breaks property. Concorde is a group of members who qualify as LADs.
Concorde member 1: I'm going to Concorde on that bird.
Concorde member 2: Ok man, I'll be your wingman, captain.
Concorde member 2: Ok man, I'll be your wingman, captain.
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Derogatory word for a person with a very large nose. The expression is a humorous one as it plays on the word conk and the fact that the aeroplane of the same name had a long pointed nose cone.
Person: (Points and exclaims as a person endowed with an abnormally large proboscis walks by) Bloody hell, look at Concorde over there!
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Get the Concorde mug.Get the Concorde mug.1. Supersonic airplane invented in 1969, and discontinued in 2003 due to a disaster involved on that Air France flight.
2. Shortened nickname for the Universal Pictures' 1979 feature film, because its official name "The Concorde... Airport '79" is too long. It was a box office bomb and it is available for purchase on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray and digital. It is a good movie despite its unpopularity.
2. Shortened nickname for the Universal Pictures' 1979 feature film, because its official name "The Concorde... Airport '79" is too long. It was a box office bomb and it is available for purchase on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray and digital. It is a good movie despite its unpopularity.
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Get the Concorde mug.Nickname for Universal Pictures' 1979 film, titled "The Concorde... Airport '79", which is a final installment of the 'Airport' plane disaster film franchise. It tells the story about the chaos of the Concorde plane.
It was a box office bomb and it is available for purchase on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray and Digital. Unfortunately, similar to Brave Little Toaster not being available for streaming in Disney+, it has yet to appear on the Peacock streaming service.
It was a box office bomb and it is available for purchase on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray and Digital. Unfortunately, similar to Brave Little Toaster not being available for streaming in Disney+, it has yet to appear on the Peacock streaming service.
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Get the Concorde Movie mug.A nickname that can be used for a 40 year old female figure skater who has a tendancy to stretch for at least 1 hour before hitting the ice. She also refuses to talk to anyone during her stretches.
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