Going Places Goes Supersonic

The supersonic age promised so much but delivered so little. It fizzled out, not with a sonic boom but with a whimper. But you cannot deny the fascination of the symbol of supersonic flight, Concorde.

In this 1989 edition of Radio 4’s Going Places Clive Jacobs celebrates the 20^th anniversary of the first UK test flight. Listen out just over half-way through for the heart-stopping moment when Concorde crashes into the World Trade Center, fortunately it’s a flight simulator.

This programme was broadcast on 31 March 1989.

This is the fifth of six summer posts on travel and transport.