Got an hour to spare? How about watching this over your lunch break. Here's an old documentary story of the Concorde, the first and only turbojet powered supersonic passenger in airline history.
Created by the French and the British, the 20 planes flew for 27 years, mainly between London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle to New York JFK.
The technology behind it was a real feat, though after its only crash on July 25, 2000, the Concorde was retired on November 26, 2003. Documentary video below.