According to Donald Lopez, Senior Advisor to the director of the National Air and Space Museum, in his book Aviation a Smithsonian guide, people of that time tried to imitate birds. ... Today's jet airliners carry anywhere from 100 passengers to more than 500 over short and long distances. ... The Concorde flies for British Airways and Air France, flag carriers of the two nations that funded its development during the late 1960s and 1970s. ...

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