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Concorde Supersonic Airliner
The Concorde was a supersonic transport (SST) that was a joint development by France's Aérospatiale and the UK's BAC (British Aircraft Corporation). Its maiden flight was in 1969, and went into passenger service from 1976-2003.
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Mainly more upper-class people. Today, a ticket would be around $20,000 USD to fly from JFK-CDG on a Concord.
Very like every other plane. but Concorde was different in the air, as it went twice the speed of sound a sonic boom would shatter the ground.
The Concorde was not as loud as many people think it was, because there was insulation that helped with the noise reduction in the cabin of the aircraft.
Why did concorde increase in length by 11.5cm when flying at Mach 1.5?
Thermal expansion. Metals get longer as they get warmer. and flying at that speed, air friction creates a lot of heat.
To date, it was one of only two supersonic commercial airliners that were in service.
If you mean what was so special about Concorde then,
Concorde went mach 2 that's twice the speed of sound, it carried people that fast. Really I think its amazing! :)
FLIGHT 4590
JULY 23rd 2000
AIR FRANCE CONCORDE
I've personally deleted the other persons answer because in was incorrect. The reason Air France Concorde crashed is because a cargo plane left shrapnel on runway (they were proseicuted) concordes tyre hit the material sending it crashing through fuel tank... causing the eventual crash.... in Concordes 27 year history this was the FIRST accident with a fatality... nothing to do with the crew or Concorde her self. If Boeing grounded planes after accidents there would be no planes in the sky... THE REAL REASON FOR CONCORDE GOING IS THAT "AIRBUS" REFUSED TO SUPPlY MAINTENANCE ONCE THEY TOOK OVER THE FRENCH SIDE.... its true... wikipedia.... its shocking! the worlds most amazing aircraft is now collecting dust in a museum because AirBus wouldnt maintain them! FACT!
Air France flight 4590 was a Concorde flight that crashed shortly after take-off from Charles de Gaulle International Airport. According the report released by those investigating the crash, a DC-10 that took off before the Concorde lost a small titanium piece that remained on the runway. When the Concorde was taking off, it hit the piece of debris, which then ruptured one of the tires of the landing gear. The tire shredded and threw up a big chunk of the tire into the underside of the wing at high speed (something over 300 kilometers per hour - close to 200 mph). The shock-wave from the impact caused a rupture in one of the fuel tanks right over the landing gear. Fuel leaking from the ruptured tank was ignited - probably by an electric arc in the landing gear bay, or possibly by some electric cables that got severed when the tire shredded. Two of the engines surged, lost power and then mostly recovered, but the flight engineer shut down engine #2 in response to the triggered fire alarm and a command by the captain of the flight.
As all this happened, the speed of the plane had passed the point of safely aborting the take-off. Between the loss of the one engine and the inability to retract the landing gear due to the severed cables, the plane could not get the airspeed up; it could neither climb nor accelerate. It was stuck flying at about 200 knots at about 60 meters (200 feet). As the fire continued, the wing started to disintegrate from the high temperature of the fire. With asymmetric thrust from the remaining 3 engines and a wing falling apart, the plane could not maintain a straight, level flightpath. It rolled over to one side and crashed into the buildings below.
Why was Concorde taken out of service?
Because it was too noisy to the residents living near airports. It also was too expensive to build for production.
How much is Concorde plane worth?
anywhere from 1m - 86m given there amazing speed and there were only 20 ever made
Why was the plane the Concorde named the Concorde?
The French word Concorde translates to the English concord as agreement, harmony, or union
The concord is the fastest passenger aircraft in the world and it was British.
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
How did the Concorde get its name?
As the development of the airplane was to be done jointly, the "Concorde" name came about due to an international treaty between the British and French.
The ones I have seen are: Static display at Heathrow airport (can be seen on Google earth) Brooklands Museum - UK Fleet Air Arm Museum - UK. This aircraft was never used in commercial flight but as a test aircraft USS Intrepid - New York
Construction of the Concord began in 1965 with the first test flight being flown in 1969. The Concord entered passenger service in 1976. As an interesting note, as a British/French consortium, they originally used the French spelling of Concorde, but the British later changed the spelling to Concord due to a perceived slight by the French. Here are a couple of great websites to research the history of the aircraft: http://www.concordesst.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde
How fast did the Concorde fly?
At heights of up to 60,000 feet (over 18,000 meters), the Concorde cruised at around 1,350 mph (2,170 km/hr) - more than twice the speed of sound. It could make the trip from London to New York in less than three-and-a-half hours, cutting the time of a typical flight in half. With the five-hour time difference, in local time, the Concorde would land before it took off. A British Airways Concorde made the fastest Atlantic crossing, flying from New York to London in two hours and 53 minutes. On January 21, 1976, Concorde jet planes took off simultaneously from London Heathrow Airport and Orly Airport outside Paris, in the first commercial supersonic flights. The Concorde was never a great commercial success, and its first fatal accident - caused by a burst tire that ruptured a fuel tank and caused a fire and engine failure - resulted in the deaths of 113 people and marked the beginning of the end for the air service. It made its last regular commercial flight on October 24, 2003.
Concorde flew at Mach 2.2 - which is 2.2 times the speed of sound (2,162 kilometres per hour) not sure if that it fully loaded or empty though.
Concorde takes off at 220 knots (250mph) (compared with 165 knots for most subsonic aircraft). She cruises at around 1350mph - about 1 3/4 times the speed of sound - and at an altitude of up to 60,000 ft (over 11 miles high). A typical London to New York crossing would take a little less than three and a half hours as opposed to about eight hours for a subsonic flight. Travelling Westwards, the five-hour time difference meant Concorde effectively arrived before she left. She travels "faster than the sun".
The speed of Concorde is faster than the speed of sound that is why it also termed as super sonic plane. The speed of Concorde is about 1155 knots (2140 km/h or 1334 mph), more than twice the speed of conventional aircraft.
French Concorde were made in Toulouse (South-West of France) and English Concorde were made in Filton (England).
