Editing Concorde (section)

===Records===
The fastest transatlantic airliner flight was from New York JFK to London Heathrow on 7 February 1996 by the British Airways G-BOAD in 2 hours, 52 minutes, 59 seconds from take-off to touchdown aided by a 175&nbsp;mph (282&nbsp;km/h) tailwind.<ref name="SST makes record flight">{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB04F816AA79462&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |title=SST makes record flight |work=St Louis Post |access-date=30 June 2011 |date=9 February 1996 |archive-date=1 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001070114/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB04F816AA79462&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |url-status=live}}</ref> On 13 February 1985, a Concorde charter flight flew from London Heathrow to [[Sydney Airport|Sydney]] in a time of 17 hours, 3 minutes and 45 seconds, including refuelling stops.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.concorde-art-world.com/html/record_breaker.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511025908/http://www.concorde-art-world.com/html/record_breaker.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 May 2008|title=Concorde Supersonic Airliner – Record Breaker |publisher=concorde-art-world.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19850215&id=N8BWAAAAIBAJ&pg=2081,21154 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |title=Late, but the white dart is in time to claim record |author=Adrian Swift |date=15 February 1985 |access-date=28 November 2020 |archive-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414131209/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19850215&id=N8BWAAAAIBAJ&pg=2081,21154 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Concorde set the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale|FAI]] "Westbound Around the World" and "Eastbound Around the World" world air speed records.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cramoisi|first1=George|title=Air Crash Investigations: The End of the Concorde Era, the Crash of Air France Flight 4590|date=2010|publisher=Lulu|isbn=978-0-557-84950-5|page=518|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aekGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA518|access-date=26 August 2017|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414103518/https://books.google.com/books?id=aekGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA518|url-status=live}}</ref> On 12–13 October 1992, in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus]]' first voyage to the [[New World]], Concorde Spirit Tours (US) chartered Air France Concorde F-BTSD and [[circumnavigation|circumnavigated]] the world in 32 hours 49 minutes and 3 seconds, from [[Lisbon]], Portugal, including six refuelling stops at [[Santo Domingo]], [[Acapulco]], [[Honolulu]], Guam, [[Bangkok]], and [[Bahrain]].<ref>{{cite news |title=French Concorde to attempt round-the-world record |work=Anchorage Daily News |date=12 October 1992}}</ref>

The eastbound record was set by the same Air France Concorde (F-BTSD) under charter to Concorde Spirit Tours<ref name="spirit" /> in the US on 15–16 August 1995. This promotional flight circumnavigated the world from New York/JFK International Airport in 31 hours 27 minutes 49 seconds, including six refuelling stops at Toulouse, [[Dubai]], Bangkok, Andersen AFB in [[Guam]], Honolulu, and [[Acapulco]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Concorde jets occupants on record ride |website=Deseret News |date=17 August 1995}}</ref>

On its way to the [[Museum of Flight]] in November 2003, G-BOAG set a New York City-to-Seattle speed record of 3 hours, 55 minutes, and 12 seconds. Due to the restrictions on supersonic overflights within the US the flight was granted permission by the Canadian authorities for the majority of the journey to be flown supersonically over sparsely-populated Canadian territory.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/concorde |title=Concorde |publisher=Museum of Flight |access-date=21 August 2011 |archive-date=11 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811171754/http://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/concorde |url-status=live}}</ref>