Air France Concorde Sets Speed Record
An Air France Concorde set a new speed record Wednesday by flying around the world in 31 hours, 27 minutes and 49 seconds elapsed time. The old record was 32 hours, 49 minutes and three seconds, set in October 1992, also by an Air France Concorde. The aircraft, which took off from New York, refueled...
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