BA Says Concorde Breaks Atlantic Speed Record

British Airways' Concorde supersonic transport broke its own record for the fastest transatlantic time Jan. 7 by more than one and a half minutes, averaging 22 miles a minute between New York and London, the carrier said last week. The flight took two hours, 52 minutes, 59 seconds for the 3,750...

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