The Concorde was a technological marvel. when CharlesvLindbergh flew across the Atlantic Ocean for the fish time in 1927, in look him more than thirty hours. A Concorde could make the sam journey in under four hours. But it wasn't cheap. In 2002, a seat on aConcorde flight from New York to London cost over US$6,300. But for that, you got to travel at twice the speed of sound, 18,288 metres above the ground. Only astronauts fly higher.