Photos via avishaiweiss's flickr and NYC Aviation. The supersonic Concorde jet that spent 30 years flying fiercely through the skies went unharmed until retiring in Brooklyn, where the president of the foundation that operates the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Bill White, was charged with overseeing its care. After just two years in the borough, The NY Times reports it got it's signature needle-shaped nose taken off by a truck.A Concorde that is......

John and Annette Ferranti certainly did not feel they were in good hands with the Allstate Insurance Company, after Allstate refused to pay their homeowners damage claim they insist was caused by an Air France Concorde jet. The insurance company, which had wanted to appeal appeal a jury award of $1.15 million to the Mill Basin couple, finally agreed to pay the Ferrantis $995,000. On July 21, 2002, the Ferrantis say that the Air......

If you see the couple at right - you know, an older British couple, possibly overdressed by wearing sashes and tiaras, and surrounded by security and a press corps - walking around New York City, your eyes aren't deceiving you. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are visiting America. Today they are in Philadelphia, but will take a private train to New York and visit the Harlem Children's Zone to see......

It's the last weekend for the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum to be docked in the Hudson River! The aircraft carrier will be towed to Bayonne, NJ, and then Staten Island for renovations that will last at least 18 months. The pier where the Intrepid is docked - Pier 86 at 12th Avenue and 46th Street - will also be repaired. Here are events for its last weekend:Saturday,September 30th - 10am-9pm - Last......

British intellgience says they have stopped a plot involving bombing flights bound for the U.S. today. British authorities have arrested over twenty people connected to the plot. Apparently the bombs would be carried in "hand luggage," leading airports to cancel flights and start screening passengers by hand. As a result, the Department of Homeland Security has raised the aviation sector's threat level for flights between the US and UK; further, "Due to the nature of......

A terrible way for British Airways to end 2005: Five minutes after taking off, a 747's engine caught fire and had to return to JFK last night. Air traffic controllers actually saw the fire and called firefighters, but the pilot extinguished the fire himself (special chemicals!). Some people in the area saw the fire at the end of the plane! While no one was hurt, the passengers were totally freaked out. This woman told WABC......