Concorde: The Untold Story

Go inside the race to build the first supersonic airliner between Europe’s Concorde, the Soviet TU144 and the American Boeing 2707. From the post-war jet boom to the successful flights of the TU144 and Concorde in 1968-1969, examine both the technical challenges and the international espionage that surrounded the attempt to make the fastest airliner on earth.

This is the story of how America’s supersonic dream ended and the subsequent battle between Russia’s TU144 and Europe’s Concorde. It reveals how international politics and the environmental movement wounded the supersonic dream and how Concorde became the most luxurious airliner in the world. But this is also the story of tragedies that ultimately killed the supersonic dream. Could it be revived?