This is part of a special series where NPR looks back at our coverage of major news stories in the past. Listen to the full audio story to hear NPR's archival audio. There was a time when you could ...

The needle nose of a Concorde supersonic aircraft that recently went out of service sold for a record 320,000 pounds sterling ($755,276) at auction. The price was nearly 10 times as great as the ...

When Chuck Yeager reached Mach 1 on October 14, 1947, the entire frame of his Bell X-1 aircraft suddenly started to shake, and the controls went. A crew observing the flight in a van on the ground ...

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Concorde, the UK’s Royal Mail has released a special set of 12 stamps The golden age of aviation returns to the spotlight today as the UK celebrates the 50th ...