June 30th 1973 Concorde chases eclipse of the
Sun.
Concorde 001 took astronomers to watch an eclipse of the
Sun, normally astronomers have only a few minutes to watch an eclipse of the
Sun the longest possible is just over 7 minutes, but Concorde travelling at a
supersonic speed of around twice the speed of sound about 1400 mph allowed
astronomers to study the eclipse for around 70 minutes while flying over
central Africa.
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