Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde Super Sonic Transport
Courtesy Boeing Museum of Flight.
Edited by David Barth November 2014. Photos are by David Barth.
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| Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde Super Sonic Transport. |
British and French aerospace companies collaborated to design and build 20 Concorde aircraft between 1966 and 1979. Flying with Air France
and British Airways, the supersonic jets offered a luxurious and speedy trip across the Atlantic for 27 years. Capable of speeds over
Mach 2 (two times the speed of sound), Concorde could fly from London to New York and return in the time it took a conventional aircraft
to fly one way. Flagging demand and rising operating expenses finally ended Concorde service, symbolizing a lost era of luxury
travel.
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The Boeing Museum of Flight's aircraft, registration code "G-BOAG," is referred to as "Alpha Golf." It was first flown in April of 1978,
and delivered to British Airways in 1980. "Alpha Golf" logged more than 5,600 takeoffs and over 16,200 flight hours while in service.
This aircraft made the last commercial Concorde flight, which took place on October 24, 2003. On its way to the Museum, "Alpha Golf" set
a New York City-to-Seattle speed record of 3 hours, 55 minutes, and 12 seconds.
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| Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde Super Sonic Transport. |
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| Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde Super Sonic Transport. |
| SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONCORDE |
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| ITEM | SPECIFICATION |
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| Span | 83 ft. 10 in. (25.6 m) |
| Length | 203 ft. 9 in. (62.1 m) |
| Height | 37 ft. 5 in. (11.4 m) |
| Wing Area | 3,856 sq. ft. (358.3 sq. m) |
| Weight, Loaded | 408,000 lbs. (185,066 kg) |
| Weight, Empty | 173,500 lbs. (166,867 kg) |
| Engines | Four Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus |
| Engine Thrust, each | 38,050 lbs. |
| PERFORMANCE OF CONCORDE |
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| ITEM | SPECIFICATION |
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| Cruise Speed | 1,354 mph (2,179 km/h) |
| Range | 4,090 miles (6,580 km) |
| Service Ceiling | 60,000 ft. (18,290 m) |
| Passenger Capacity | 100 |