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The Concorde traveled at a higher cruising altitude well above conventional airplanes, at 60,000 feet. Going higher than that makes it difficult for most airplane engines to continuously run as there's less air to work with.

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Why wouldn't the Concorde cruise travel higher?

It did, the Concorde travelled at 60,000 feet and it's cruising speed was 1,350 MPH. It went higher because of its higher cruising speed.


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I could while landing, but the higher the aircraft the thinner the aircraft could travel faster. Also, the engines on a Concorde were extremely loud, so it flew higher so it wasn't a nuisance.


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How fasts does a Concorde travel?

Twice the speed of sound. Mach 2 :)


What do you mean when you say that the Concorde can travel at mach 2?

mach 1 = the speed of sound mach 2 is twice the speed of sound and that's how fast Concorde could travel, well, mach 2.3


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In October of 2003. It is now in an air travel museum in scotland.


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