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We typed "concorde" into the Yahoo! search box, which led us to the Concorde category. There were only a few sites, but we ventured forth. The first site on the list, Concorde SST, claims to be "the first Concorde site on the 'net to bring together all the information on the world's most famous aeroplane into one place." We scanned the site's timeline, starting in the '50s, continuing to the '60s, until we finally found the answer in the '70s. The Concorde 001 made its first transatlantic flight in early September, 1971. Although we're not certain of the exact date, we know that the transatlantic flight kicked off a two-week tour of South America, and the plane arrived back in Toulouse, France, on September 18, 1971. Scanning the rest of the page, we discovered that transatlantic services to Washington, D.C. from London and Paris started on May 24th, 1976. Two airplanes, one from each European city, flew over the U.S. capital simultaneously and then made parallel approaches before touching down at Dulles Airport. The planes landed at the same time, the British Concorde on runway 01L and the French
Concorde on runway 01R. Concorde aircraft haven't flown commercially since a fiery crash July 25, 2000, outside Paris killed 113 people. Air France and British Airways have recently been testing Concordes and hope to have them flying by this summer. For more information on the Concorde aircraft, the crash, and the future of the plane, check out Yahoo! Full Coverage.
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