When did Britain and France develop the world's only supersonic commercial airliner known as 'The Concorde'?

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When did Britain and France develop the world's only supersonic commercial airliner known as 'The Concorde'?

Concorde’s development happened in the 1960s as a joint British–French effort to create a passenger airliner that could fly faster than the speed of sound. Work on the project began in the late 1950s and formal collaboration kicked off in the early 1960s, leading to the aircraft’s first flight in 1969. The important point is that the design and testing phase—the part that defines when it was “developed”—took place in the 1960s. It didn’t start flying commercially until 1976, which is why later decades aren’t the period associated with its development. So, the correct timeframe is the 1960s.

Concorde’s development happened in the 1960s as a joint British–French effort to create a passenger airliner that could fly faster than the speed of sound. Work on the project began in the late 1950s and formal collaboration kicked off in the early 1960s, leading to the aircraft’s first flight in 1969. The important point is that the design and testing phase—the part that defines when it was “developed”—took place in the 1960s. It didn’t start flying commercially until 1976, which is why later decades aren’t the period associated with its development.

So, the correct timeframe is the 1960s.

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