Flying Supersonic
Thundering across the sky on elegant white wings, the Concorde was an instant legend. But behind the glamour of jet setting at Mach 2 were stunning scientific innovations and political intrigue. Fifteen years after Concorde's final flight, this documentary takes you inside the historic international race to develop the first supersonic airliner. Hear stories from those inside the choreographed effort to design and build Concorde in two countries at once - and the crew members who flew her.
- Genre: Documentary, TV Movie, History
- Studio: BBC Worldwide France, France Télévisions, Science & Vie TV, NOVA
- Keyword: france, soviet union, race politics, interview, europe, archive footage, space race, united kingdom, aeronautics, aircraft factory, aircraft mechanics, supersonic jet, supersonic flight, industrial spy, old footage, film archives, concorde, plane crash, news footage, repurposed footage, aircraft crash, historical documentary
- Cast: Damien Boisseau, Jay E. Dryer, David Stark, Dominique Berger, John Hutchinson, Jean-Louis Chatelain