Concorde Breaks Atlantic Crossing Speed Record

By Marcel Brown |

British Airways ConcordeSeptember 26, 1973

The supersonic aircraft Concorde makes its first non-stop Atlantic crossing and sets a new speed record in the process. Flying from Washington D.C. to Paris, France in 3 hours 32 minutes at an average speed of 954 miles-per-hour, the Concorde cut the old speed record in half.

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