As the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, Concorde was popular with royals, celebrities, and business executives.

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British Airways iconic Concorde aircraft made its way back home to the Intrepid Museum from the Brooklyn Navy Yard on a barge Tuesday, crossing under the Brooklyn Bridge and sailing the Hudson.

But the development of Concorde was anything but rosy, and the price tag soared higher than the airliner's 56,000-foot cruising altitude. By 1976—at which point only Air France, British Airways ...