I was controlling a westbound Concorde just entering my airspace when I received details of an SR-71 coming eastbound on a route that would conflict with Concorde. The SR-71 did not always fly supersonically, it was doing less than Mach1 on this day, but it was still at a very high altitude. I had been…
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Catch me if you can!
This photo was taken in April of 1985 over the Irish Sea by Adrian Meredith who was flying in a Royal Air Force Tornado fighter jet and it’s the only photo of a Concorde flying at supersonic speed. Even though the Tornado is capable of matching the Concorde’s cruising speed, it could only do it…