Concorde

[ kon-kawrd, kong-, kon-kawrd, kong- ]

Trademark.

1. a supersonic passenger aircraft manufactured and operated jointly by England and France.

Concorde

/ ˈkɒnkɔːd; ˈkɒŋ- /

noun

1. the first commercial supersonic airliner. Of Anglo-French construction, it is capable of cruising at over 2160 km per hr (1200 mph)

Example Sentences

Boom is a Colorado-based startup with a goal to create a new kind of Concorde—a supersonic aircraft that would bring back faster-than–the-speed-of-sound travel to commercial aviation, and do it in an affordable, sustainable way.

From Popular-Science

Ever since the Concorde stopped soaring around at supersonic speeds in 2003, it’s been impossible for people to book a ticket on an airliner that travels faster than the speed of sound.

From Popular-Science

The Concorde never became really economical, and certainly never became affordable to a wide audience, and ultimately ended up getting canceled.

From Vox

The final flight of British Airways’ Concorde took place in October 2003, going from New York to London in three and a half hours.

From Singularity Hub 

The other vision bets on a fleet of a few dozen supersonic airliners jetting well-heeled travelers from one global city to another, a dream that many thought died with the Concorde some 20 years ago.

From Ars Technica

After years of negotiations and a tough journey, the obelisk was planted at the Place de la Concorde.

From The Daily Beast

In 1994 she redesigned the interiors of the supersonic Concorde for Air France.

From The Daily Beast

I left the New York Post in 1998 and boarded the morning Concorde to London, bound for the London Sun.

From The Daily Beast

Their accelerating crack-up was like a sonic boom: You heard it only after the Concorde was gone.

From The Daily Beast

He dismissed his servants, and, with his portfolio under his arm, set forth across the Pont de la Concorde.

From Project Gutenberg

There the first break in the straight line from the Place de la Concorde occurs.

From Project Gutenberg

An engineer regiment was fighting the water in the Place de la Concorde by the light of acetylene lamps.

From Project Gutenberg

Then one day, in the sunny desert of the Place de la Concorde, he came on a more cheering sight.

From Project Gutenberg

Immediately a familiar scene appeared upon the sheet, a colored photograph of the Place de la Concorde.

From Project Gutenberg