Aérospatiale / BAC
France / United Kingdom Est. 1962 (Concorde treaty signed) 2003 (Concorde retired)
A joint Anglo-French venture that built the only successful supersonic airliner. Two countries, two languages, two measurement systems, one impossible airplane.
Heritage
The 1962 Anglo-French treaty created an unprecedented collaboration: Aérospatiale (France) and the British Aircraft Corporation built Concorde together, splitting the airframe and engines between the two nations. The politics were messy, the engineering was magnificent. Concorde flew Mach 2 for 27 years, carrying passengers from New York to London in under three and a half hours. Nothing has replaced it.
Known for
airliner
Notable programs
- Concorde
