Before Concorde, there were several other British and French programs in the works that helped with the research and development of such a supersonic program. One project was the Bristol 188 ...
Bob Angles (pictured left) received a visit from Sir George White, the grandson of the founder of the Bristol Aeroplane Company The oldest surviving Concorde engineer, who turned 103 this year ...
Sir Richard Branson has stepped up his battle to keep Concorde flying by raising his ... such as the British Aerospace factory at Filton near Bristol where the planes were designed and built.