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Aérospatiale/British
Aerospace Concorde |
Aérospatiale/British
Aerospace Concorde
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Aerospatiale joined with British Aerospace to
create supersonic transport (SST)
Concorde
airliner, the first example of which flew on
March 2, 1969. The development costs of the
Concorde were so great that they could never be
recovered from operations, so, for reasons of
national prestige, they were simply written off.
The Concorde
flew regular transatlantic flights from London
Heathrow (British Airways) and Paris Charles de
Gaulle (Air France) to New York JFK and
Washington Dulles,
but its noise and operating expense limited its
service.
With only 20 aircraft ultimately built,
and 14 went into service.
On 25 July 2000 an Air France Concorde (F-BTSC)
crashed in Gonesse, France, in take-off from
Charles de Gaulle Airport. All 100 passengers
and nine crew on board the flight, as well as
four people on the ground, were killed.
Operations ceased on 24 October 2003. The last
"retirement" flight occurred on 26 November that
year.
The Concorde proved a technical miracle but an
economic disaster. |
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Developing Nation: |
France, United Kingdom |
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First Flight: |
#001: March 2,1969.
#002: April 9, 1969, |
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First Supersonic: |
#001: October 1, 1969, |
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First Delivery: |
December 19,
1975 Air France F-BVFA.
January 14, 1976 British Airways
G-BOAA. |
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First Operational Passenger
Flight: |
January 21, 1976, BA London -
Bahrain,
AF Paris - Rio de Janeiro. |
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Crew: |
3
plus 3 cabin-crew. |
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Wing Span: |
26,60 m. |
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Wing Area: |
358,25 m². |
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Length: |
61,66 m. |
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Height: |
12,20 m. |
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Engine(s): |
4 Rolls Royce/SNECAM Olympus 593
Mark 610 turbojet engines,
static thrust with afterburn
at sea level: 169,2 kN
thrust at Mach 2: 44,6 kN
at 16,15 Km altitude. |
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Weight: |
Without
fuel: 92.080 Kg.
Max. payload: 13.150 Kg. |
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Max. Take off weight: |
Max.
take off: 185.070 Kg. |
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Max. Landing weight: |
Max.
landing: 111.130 Kg. |
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Cruise Speed: |
Mach 2.02. |
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Max. Speed: |
Mach
2,04 at 15.640
m. |
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Operating altitude: |
15.390 m. |
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Max. Range: |
6.582 Km. |
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Passengers: |
max. 144 normal 128. |
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Extra: |
Concorde went
out of service in 2003.
(Air France 31
May 2003, British Airways 24 October 2003). |
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Concorde was in use by: |
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Air France |
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British Airways |
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Concorde was leased by: |
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Braniff leased 5 Air France
and 5 British Airways Concorde's |
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One Singapore Airlines
Concorde flies together with British Airways |
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Where are the
Concorde's: |
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c/n : |
Registration: |
Location: |
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01 |
G-AXDN |
Aviation Museum Duxford, UK. |
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02 |
F-WTSA |
Musée Delta, Paris-Orly,
France. |
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001 |
F-WTSS |
Musée de L'Air Paris-Le
Bourget, France. |
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002 |
G-BSST |
Fleet Air Arm Museum
Yeovilton, UK. |
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201 |
F-WTSB |
Airbus Toulouse, France. |
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202 |
G-BBDG |
In a Hangar at Filton, UK. |
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203 |
F-BTSC |
Crashed July 25, 2000
Gonesse, France. |
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204 |
G-BOAC |
Manchester Viewing Park, UK. |
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205 |
F-BVFA |
Smithsonian,
Washington-Dulles IAP, USA. |
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206 |
G-BOAA |
Scottish Museum of Flight
Edinburgh, UK. |
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207 |
F-BVFB |
Technik Museum Sinsheim,
Germany. |
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208 |
G-BOAB |
London-Heathrow, UK. |
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209 |
F-BVFC |
Toulouse, France. |
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210 |
G-BOAD |
USS Intrepid Museum, New
York, USA. |
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211 |
F-BVFD |
spare parts. |
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212 |
G-BOAE |
Museum of Flight, Seattle,
USA. |
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213 |
F-BTSD |
Musee de L'Air Paris-Le
Bourget, France. |
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214 |
G-BOAG |
Grantly Adams Airport,
Barbados. |
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215 |
F-BVFF |
Paris-Charles de Gaulle,
France. |
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216 |
G-BOAF |
Airbus UK/Bristol Aero
Collection Filton, UK. |
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