The Concorde had a droop nose, which swung down during taxi, takeoff, and (especially) landing, so that the pilots could see where they were going without the long nose getting in the way. During cruise, the nose was raised to the horizontal faired position, and held there by a pair of mechanical latches; the nose (as well as a heat-resistant visor that slid in and out of the nose) were normally raised and lowered by means of hydraulics, but could also be dropped by means of gravity if need be.
While obviously essential for landing, takeoff, and (to a lesser degree) taxiing, I'd imagine that the nose drooping uncommanded during supersonic cruise (for instance, due to a failure of the nose uplocks, or a nose droop actuator hardover sufficient to break the latches and force the nose down) would have been a Bad Thing, due both to the nose-down pitching moment generated by the drooped nose1 and to the windscreen suddenly no longer being protected from the superheated air flowing over the aircraft (probably in addition to some other things that I haven't thought of).
1: I've no idea if this would be sufficient to cause a loss of control if it happened during supercruise, but it could hardly have been a good thing.