Saturday, March 20, 2010

the first supersonic passenger plane


In the late 1960s a supersonic plane called the Concorde took to the skies. Its Rolls Royce snecma 593 engines boosted it to mach 2.2,breaking the sound barrier.Due to a few horrific crashes and the petrol-thirsty turbojets,Concorde retired on the year 2003.there are many Concordes on display,none actually flying.