Two Concordes open passenger runs to Washington 50 years ago this hour (May 24 1976)


Video: 'Concorde's First Commercial Flight to the U.S. - ABC News - May 24, 1976'

(Monday, May 24, 1976, first plane landed at 11:54 a.m. EDT) — Britain and France, their Concordes barred from New York in a legal conflict over noise, opened trans-Atlantic supersonic service today to Washington, their destination of second choice.

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