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The Concorde could cross the Atlantic in 3.5 hours. Why did it fail?

July 23, 2016 by James Clark

The Concorde gave us supersonic transport that could travel from London to New York in 3.5 hours. Today that same journey is around 7 hours. Why did this modern aircraft fail? The crash in Paris didn’t help, but there was more to it than that.

Vox’s Phil Edwards investigates in this interesting mini-doc with some great vintage footage.

Watch the video here: This plane could cross the Atlantic in 3.5 hours. Why did it fail?

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About James Clark

James Clark is a travel writer, photographer and digital nomad at www.nomadicnotes.com.

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