(CNN) — Concorde flight engineer Warren Hazelby gets chills recalling his first supersonic flight from London to New York in 2002. Hazelby remembers stepping onto the flight deck and taking it all in.

Concorde, the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, operated from 1976 to 2003. Flown by royals, celebrities, and executives, it was discontinued because of high operating costs. A Concorde ...

On board Concorde Hazelby joined the Concorde crew as an experienced flight engineer, but he soon realized that doing the job on a supersonic jet was a whole other ball game. “On the 747, once you ...