In order to land, you had to get rid of that nose, so down it went. [To learn more about the plane's unique features, see Anatomy of Concorde.] NOVA: Looking back over the years you were a pilot ...

The Concorde passenger jet set a record when ... "They actually had to devise a way for the nose to go down [mechanically]," he said. "In the business, we call this a 'droop snoot.'" ...

A saleroom that sold a selection of items related to the Dambusters has moved on about 30 years for its latest aviation lot: a nose cone from Concorde.

Between 1976, when Concorde began flights to the United States ... because the various shock waves put off by the aircraft's nose, engine inlets, and other features tend to coalesce into one ...