While engineers in U.K. and France struggle to a prototype of Concorde up in the air, they respond by creating their version of an open office concept to build a fluid and collaborative work environment. Also in this episode - America enters the supersonic race, rumours of Russian espionage become rife, and Soviet Russia’s attempt at flying supersonic ends in a tragedy.
Bristol, London to New York in 3 hours, 17 minutes.
That's the promise of the Concorde taking shape at Filton.
In the brabes and hangar, the anglo french supersonic airliners are pushing ahead towards completion.
One here, one in France.
They were the first faster than sound airliners in the world.
14 50 miles an hour, most of the way.
At 11 miles high, the present Concorde will give Britain and France a three year lead over America.
Wow, there's a lot to unpack in that that 1967 news report.
And not all of it is entirely accurate either.
For instance, Concorde wasnt the first supersonic airliner in the world, or for that matter, the first one to suffer a tragic crash.
And that three year lead over America, well, actually it didnt turn out that way either.
Were also going to visit the Brabazon hangars.
He talks about where the british Concord aircraft were assembled, and hear for ourselves how it all happened from someone who was there.
Oh right.
And theres espionage.
Yeah, like real James Bond type stuff.
On this episode of making an impossible airplane, the untold story of Concorde engineers face a mountain of challenges.
To get the two prototypes in the air, soviet spies infiltrate a Concorde factory and the US plans to build the biggest supersonic jet ever.
I'm Nastran Tavakoli Fahr, and this is T Mystery, an original podcast from Atlassian, makers of collaborative software including Jira Trello and Confluence.
We're at Eriskopia museum, just outside Toulouse in France, and it's nestled between the airport and a bunch of aviation companies.