Days That Shook the World

Marconi's First Transatlantic Radio Transmission/Concorde's First Transatlantic Flight (1x11)

: 26, 2003

It is 19th October 1977 and Concorde taxis onto the runway at Toulouse Airport. Onboard, the crew are preparing for an historic day - the first supersonic test flight to New York. At JFK airport, protestors are waiting with a hostile welcome, but for the Concorde team and the French and British governments it is a moment that represents the end of an exhausting struggle.