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Concordeflewfasterthanthespeedofsound.Itcouldcarry100passengers.SowasConcordethebestplanethathaseverbeenbuilt?
For27years,passengerstravelledacrosstheAtlanticonthisjetplane.Mostofthemwerebusinesspeopleandfilmstars,royalty,rockstarsandsportingheroes.Flyingatmorethantwicethespeedofsound,theycouldtravelfromLondonorParistoNewYorkinjustover3hours.
TheinventionofConcordewasahugestepforwardinairplanehistory.ItflewfasterthanthespeedthattheEarthgoesround.Itwaslikeatimemachine.IftheplaneleftLondonat10:30a.m.,itarrivedatNewYorkat8:30a.m.thesameday.
Butthereweremanyproblems:theplanewasverynoisy,andsomebelieveditsnoisewasbadfortheenvironment.Evennormaljetengineairplanesproducenoisepollution,butConcordecoulddoharmtopeople'sears.Inaterriblecrashin2000,nearParis,113peopledied,andafterthatfewerpeoplewantedtoflyonConcorde.Itbecametooexpensivetocontinuetheservice,andattheendofOctober2003,Concordemadeitslastflight.