The American programme was cancelled in 1971. The Soviet Union's TU144 supersonic aircraft went into passenger service in 1977 but was withdrawn the following year. The husband of Queen Elizabeth II ...

The B-58 Hustler was to be America's next generation of bomber aircraft - But convair saw beyond the military applications ...

The plane is designed to fly at Mach 1.7 - around 1,050 mph - which is slower than the Concorde but still twice as fast as ...