Facts about Concorde you may not know

Concorde used to reach to 60,000 ft, a height of over 11 miles. So passengers were able to see curvature of the Earth.

Concorde had a take-off speed of 220 knots (250 mph) and a cruising speed of 1350mph – more than twice the speed of sound. Its landing speed was 187 mph.

Both English and French engineers worked on Concorde and the name Concorde was chosen as, because in both languages the word means agreement.

On flights there were nine crew members: two pilots, one flight engineer and six flight attendants. Concorde used to fly 100 passengers (40 in the front of cabin and 60 in the rear cabin).

As Concorde travelled at more than twice the speed of sound (mach 2.0 or about 1520 mph), it created a sonic boom, which could sound like a loud bang, crack or deep rumble.

Concorde crashed just minutes after take-off in France on July 25, 2000, killing all 109 people on board and four people on the ground.

Concorde and the Red Arrows perform a fly-past over Buckingham Palace for the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002