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New York to London Commercial Airline Speed Record

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The Aerospatiale / BAe Concorde SST set the current New York to London world speed record for a commercial airline when a British Airways Concord made the trip in 2 hours, 54 minutes, 45 seconds. The Concorde is the only successful supersonic commercial aircraft to go into service in the world with a cruse speed of Mach 2.

Posted: 2002-02-21 11:13:14 AM

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