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If the earth is actually curved, we’ll be able to tell
Fifty years to the day since the first British Airways Concorde took off with passengers on board, a final interview with Blake Scholl, founder of Bo…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Who knows where the tourists go?
Patricia Yates does: she is chief executive of Visit Britain, which has just delivered a major survey on the value of inbound tourism to the UK.
This …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Wish it could be Concorde every day? Hear what a leading environmental campaigner has to say
Back by popular demand: more on supersonic flying. But Anna Hughes, director of Flight Free UK, does not believe we should return to the era of break…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
What is the market for supersonic flying?
All week I've been hearing about Boom Supersonic's plan for its Overture aircraft, 50 years after Concorde first flew with paying passengers. For an …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
New York? Sydney? Boom Supersonic wants to take you there more swiftly.
Blake Scholl, CEO and founder of Denver-based Boom Supersonic, tells me in part 4 of supersonic week, that the longer the route, the better the appea…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Fly supersonic between London and New York for £4,000 return?
That's the plan from Blake Scholl, CEO and founder of Denver-based Boom Supersonic. In part 3 of supersonic week, he has been telling me about the pr…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Boom Supersonic's big idea for a small impact on the planet
Part 2 of my exclusive interview with Blake Scholl, CEO and founder of Denver-based Boom Supersonic. His Overture aircraft aims to be the first super…
4 months ago
Welcome to Supersonic week! Will passengers ever break the sound barrier again?
It’s 50 years this month since the first-ever passenger flights on Concorde, the Anglo-French supersonic jet that travelled at 1,350mph. All this wee…
4 months ago
In search of the UK's most beautiful railway station
I am stuck at Crewe, the rail junction in Cheshire, but I have been hearing from two of the presenters of an excellent new Channel 4 series, Britain'…
4 months ago
Greece: is it really a year-round destination?
Eleni Skarveli, director of the Greek National Tourism Organisation in London, says Athens and Thessaloniki are excellent winter destinations – and a…
4 months ago