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#onthisday 1969 Concorde broke the sound barrier for the first time 
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We just happen to have a prototype in the Science Museum Group collection (because, of course, we do) https://ow.ly/4pzG30m14... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✈️" title="Flugzeug" aria-label="Emoji: Flugzeug">" title=" #onthisday 1969 Concorde broke the sound barrier for the first time https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✈️" title="Flugzeug" aria-label="Emoji: Flugzeug"> We just happen to have a prototype in the Science Museum Group collection (because, of course, we do) https://ow.ly/4pzG30m14... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✈️" title="Flugzeug" aria-label="Emoji: Flugzeug">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
These wind tunnel models from the 1960s were used to develop Concorde& #39;s distinctive wing shape that helped it get to Mach 2 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✈️" title="Flugzeug" aria-label="Emoji: Flugzeug">That& #39;s twice the speed of soundhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✈️" title="Flugzeug" aria-label="Emoji: Flugzeug"> https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co240774/wind-tunnel-models-of-concorde-c-1960s-aircraft-aeroplanes-airliners-passenger-aircraft-research-aircraft-fuselages">https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/c...
That& #39;s twice the speed of soundhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✈️" title="Flugzeug" aria-label="Emoji: Flugzeug"> https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/c..." title="These wind tunnel models from the 1960s were used to develop Concorde& #39;s distinctive wing shape that helped it get to Mach 2 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✈️" title="Flugzeug" aria-label="Emoji: Flugzeug">That& #39;s twice the speed of soundhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✈️" title="Flugzeug" aria-label="Emoji: Flugzeug"> https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/c..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
That meant it could reach New York in just three and a half hourshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😱" title="Vor Angst schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Vor Angst schreiendes Gesicht"> But how to fill up all that time? On its first flight in January 1976, you could have joined these gentlemen and snacked on some cheese and biscuits...
But how to fill up all that time? On its first flight in January 1976, you could have joined these gentlemen and snacked on some cheese and biscuits..." title="That meant it could reach New York in just three and a half hourshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😱" title="Vor Angst schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Vor Angst schreiendes Gesicht"> But how to fill up all that time? On its first flight in January 1976, you could have joined these gentlemen and snacked on some cheese and biscuits..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
...or how about regaling your fellow passengers with your copy of the 23-mile-a-minute-fact-sheet? https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8413583/concorde-fact-sheet-brochure">https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/c...
Or, if you need a bit of me-time, you could have popped on some headphones and grooved along with Supersonic Stereohttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎶" title="Mehrere Musiknoten" aria-label="Emoji: Mehrere Musiknoten"> No Oasis though... https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8413578/concorde-in-flight-entertainment-brochure-brochure">https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/c...
No Oasis though... https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/c..." title="Or, if you need a bit of me-time, you could have popped on some headphones and grooved along with Supersonic Stereohttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎶" title="Mehrere Musiknoten" aria-label="Emoji: Mehrere Musiknoten"> No Oasis though... https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/c..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
You can find more high-flying objects in the collections here: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/search/images?q=concorde">https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/search/im...
