August 29, 2010, 14:10:00 GMT
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@twochai
No idea who you are but THAT is what I would call first class treatment ! Except allowing you to barrel roll it I don't what more they could do
All other: as may other lurkers I immensely enjoy this thread - keep it up
No idea who you are but THAT is what I would call first class treatment ! Except allowing you to barrel roll it I don't what more they could do
All other: as may other lurkers I immensely enjoy this thread - keep it up
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August 30, 2010, 19:51:00 GMT
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Just wondering: does anyone know if a Concorde driver ever flew the Koncordski (Tu-144) ?
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August 30, 2010, 22:56:00 GMT
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The TU144D used in the 1990's as a joint NASA/Russian experiment was a different beast altogether however, with far better engines and systems, but as far as I am aware the only western pilots to fly it were American chaps
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September 06, 2010, 21:22:00 GMT
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Supersonic - it was certainly no sailplane and an ability to increase drag wasn't required.
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September 19, 2010, 21:00:00 GMT
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Airbus, on the contrary, returned the Type Certificate to the CAA/DGAC and thereby basically "washed their hands" of Concorde. Even if they were willing to transfer the necessary technical information to a third party, it's extremely unlikely they still would be capable of doing so.
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September 19, 2010, 23:07:00 GMT
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Opinions and remarks like yours really belong on forums like "SCG" or the comments columns of tabloids....
But there was no intent to ever fly any of these aircraft again
I accept that the actions undertaken where just the consequences of the decision not to fly one the finest piece of human engineering to date ever. Although - as you so eloquently put it - I certainly have no idea what I'm speaking of I still feel that this decision has been rather harsh and I'm to date not fully convinced that all alternative where fully explored.
Just my 2c anyway
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September 21, 2010, 09:43:00 GMT
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I remember that the Concorde was extensively used both by the French and UK government for state travel. Where those "just" another charter flight or was it more involved (cabin layout, routing, security, etc) ?
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October 10, 2010, 22:36:00 GMT
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Brief video, taken yesterday (Oct 9, 2010) of a landing on LHR 27L, with the new three-projector visual display.
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October 17, 2010, 21:52:00 GMT
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11) At what airfied were the first BA crew base training details held?
No idea.
Was it Brize Norton, or Casablanca?
No idea.
Was it Brize Norton, or Casablanca?
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January 12, 2011, 14:52:00 GMT
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Performance would be one issue... Delta Golf (and 01, who went to Mach 2.23) basically "ran out of steam" at that speed.
Also wondering what was the max altitude ? Was high altitude stall (for the lack of a better word) ever experimented during tests or training ?
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January 13, 2011, 16:44:00 GMT
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Now you may not believe this, but 101 could fly faster than the production aircraft because she (101) leaked like a sieve!
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May 22, 2011, 19:00:00 GMT
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maybe not the proper place but I wanted to share
this
very nice and supposedly recent photo gallery on the topic...
Last edited by atakacs; 23rd May 2011 at 20:15 . Reason: typo
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February 23, 2013, 20:26:00 GMT
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Toffeez: very interesting read ! As concluded by the author a real shame that airframe 19 was never constructed...
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June 13, 2015, 12:56:00 GMT
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Concorde question
For what it's worth I vividly remember Concorde flying circuits in Marrakech (AF training)... Was quite a sight!
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July 30, 2016, 20:28:00 GMT
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Nice picture but definitely a fake
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November 29, 2017, 19:16:00 GMT
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January 06, 2018, 19:22:00 GMT
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Regarding the fuel burn differences would you have a ballpark number to quote?
.1%? 1%? More?
.1%? 1%? More?
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March 01, 2021, 19:24:00 GMT
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Regarding your first question I don't see any regular routing where this would have happened. I think there would not be any technical impossibility, though.
For the second part I guess somewhere above the Adriatic? But would be curious to know too...
For the second part I guess somewhere above the Adriatic? But would be curious to know too...
Last edited by atakacs; 3rd March 2021 at 19:04 .
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August 04, 2023, 14:12:00 GMT
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Lego Concorde
I want one !
(apparently EUR 195 from Sept 23 - no ordering link found so far...)
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August 04, 2023, 19:01:00 GMT
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There have been ample discussion about it, including here. I think one can safely say that the "final straw" was the rupture and ignition of tank 5 after V1. Their fate was sealed after that.
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