A British Airways Concorde supersonic passenger jet seen lifted by a crane and returned to the Intrepid Air, Sea and Space Museum after restoration, New York, New York, NY, March 14, 2024. The supersonic jet was craned away for refurbishing on August 9, 2023 after being on display for 21 years. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)
(New York, NY) — It’s a homecoming for the Concorde. After undergoing a six-month restoration, the supersonic jet is back at New York City’s Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, a place it called home for more than 20 years. The aviation icon used to carry passengers from New York to London at supersonic speed in a little less than three and a half hours, as opposed to about eight hours for a regular flight. Tickets to fly on the French-made aircraft cost about 10-grand back in the 1990’s. In 2000, a Concorde passenger jet on an international flight from Paris to New York, crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 onboard. The Concorde aircraft were retired in 2003.
