A passenger airliner designed to fly at twice the speed of sound Mach 2 05 first flown in 1969 Concorde service commenced in 1976 & continued for 27 years It regularly flew from London Heathrow BA to New York JFK & Washington Dulles It set many records including circumnavigating the world in the time of 31 hours & 27 minutes 49 seconds flight on 16 August 1995 She had an average cruise speed of Mach 2 02 about 2 140km h with a maximum cruise altitude of 60 000 feet 18 300 metres Skill Level 3