Concorde

[kon-kawrd, kong-, kon-kawrd, kong-]

Trademark.

1. a supersonic passenger aircraft manufactured and operated jointly by England and France.

Concorde

/ ˈkɒnkɔːd, ˈkɒŋ- /

noun

1. the first commercial supersonic airliner. Of Anglo-French construction, it is capable of cruising at over 2160 km per hr (1200 mph)

Example Sentences

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 recently became the first civilian jet to break the sound barrier since the Concorde—a development watched closely by the football league as it considers launching franchises in Europe.

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The test flight of a plane called XB-1, developed by the company Boom Supersonic, became the first civilian jet to break the sound barrier since the Concorde.

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Back when the Concorde zipped back and forth across the Atlantic, from 1976 to 2003, commercial supersonic travel was a daily reality.

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Coming back, we went from Kenya to London, which is a long flight, then we got on the Concorde.

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Mr Boutflour had been interested in space and aviation from a young age, mentioning Concorde as an early inspiration.

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