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AEROSPATIALE - BRITISH AEROSPACE Concorde
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CONC
| Aircraft | ||
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| Name | Concorde | |
| Manufacturer | AEROSPATIALE - BRITISH AEROSPACE | |
| Body | Narrow | |
| Wing | Fixed Wing | |
| Position | Delta wing | |
| WTC | Heavy | |
| APC | E | |
| Type code | L4J | |
| Engine | Jet | |
| Engine count | Multi | |
| Position | Underwing mounted | |
| Landing gear | Tricycle retractable | |
| Mass group | 4 | |
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AEROSPATIALE - BRITISH AEROSPACE Concorde
Description
Supersonic airliner. In service from 1976 to October 2003. Four turbojet engines with afterburner (used in T/O and during transition to supersonic speeds). The nose section can be lowered down during T/O and Landing to give the pilots better visibility. Operated only by British Airways and Air France. High maintenance requirements after the Paris accident in July 2000 led to complete retirement. Total of 20 aircraft were built, 16 were operational. Max speed was Mach 2.00
Technical Data
| Wing span | 25.6 m83.99 ft <br /> |
|---|---|
| Length | 61.66 m202.297 ft <br /> |
| Height | 11.4 m37.402 ft <br /> |
| Powerplant | 4 x R-R Olympus 593 MK 610 (169.3 kN) afterburning turbojets. |
| Engine model | Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 |
Performance Data
| Take-Off | Initial Climb (to 5000 ft) |
Initial Climb (to FL150) |
Initial Climb (to FL240) |
MACH Climb | Cruise | Initial Descent (to FL240) |
Descent (to FL100) |
Descent (FL100 & below) |
Approach | ||||||||||
| V2 (IAS) | 214 kts | IAS | kts | IAS | kts | IAS | kts | MACH | TAS | 1176 kts | MACH | IAS | kts | IAS | kts | Vapp (IAS) | 162 kts | ||
| Distance | 3410 m | ROC | 5000 ft/min | ROC | ft/min | ROC | ft/min | ROC | ft/min | MACH | 2.04 | ROD | ft/min | ROD | ft/min | MCS | kts | Distance | 2220 m |
| MTOW | 185000185,000 kg <br />185 tonnes <br /> kg | Ceiling | FL600 | ROD | ft/min | APC | E | ||||||||||||
| WTC | H | Range | 33603,360 nm <br />6,222,720 m <br />6,222.72 km <br />20,415,748.046 ft <br /> NM | ||||||||||||||||
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving CONC
- CONC, vicinity Paris Charles de Gaulle France, 2000 (On 25th July 2000, an Air France Concorde crashed shortly after take-off from Paris CDG following loss of control after debris from an explosive tyre failure between V1 and VR attributed to runway FOD ruptured a fuel tank and led to a fuel-fed fire which quickly resulted in loss of engine thrust and structural damage which made the aircraft impossible to fly. It was found that nothing the crew failed to do, including rejecting the take off after V1 could have prevented the loss of the aircraft and that they had been faced with entirely unforeseen circumstances.)