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johnjosh43
February 03, 2011, 07:51:00 GMT permalink Post: 6220596 |
Concorde Flights - which a/c did which ?
Thanks to all who have contributed to this wondrous thread. As one of the guides who work on Alpha Charlie at Manchester (with that Shaggy Sheep pperson), I have set myself a little task. We regularly get people who have travelled on Concorde on our tours who just want to refresh their memories but don't know which aircraft it was.
My "little" task is to document which a/c did which flight ? There were somewhere about 50,000 flights for the BA Concordes. I'm currently up to 14,353 thanks to Stephen at Home . Does anyone have a source of other none Heathrow data ? I've used an assumption that BA003 followed BA002 to bulk some of the data up. The BA museum can't help. PS If anyone wants a copy of the data so far it's in a spreadsheet format at the moment and I'll happily pass it on. Just ping me a message rather than post here. Subjects (links are to this post in the relevant subject page so that this post can be seen in context): British Airways LHR |
johnjosh43
February 22, 2011, 21:35:00 GMT permalink Post: 6264293 |
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johnjosh43
March 25, 2011, 20:02:00 GMT permalink Post: 6330879 |
Seats
Guys - not really a technical question but probably of interest.
Like ShaggySheepDriver I'm one of the guides on Alpha Charlie at Manchester. As part of the tour we always say where the Queen sat. But people always have questions about others. e.g. - David Frost was always towards the back but was he actually at the back in R26 ? Question is :- Are there any interesting people with quirky stories who sat elsewhere ? (As per that John Cleese story a few pages back). Subjects: None |
johnjosh43
April 25, 2011, 13:27:00 GMT permalink Post: 6411290 |
FBW Aircraft of the 60s
"The only Western analogue FBW aircraft of the time of comparable size to an airliner (IIRC) were the Avro Vulcan and Concorde. France had no Vulcans, so the airworthy test Concorde they had to hand was the obvious choice."
The Vulcan wasn't pure fly-by-wire. It's control surfaces were remotely signalled but had a physical connection rather than electrical. Sort of fly-by-stiff wire :-) One of the spin-offs of having Concorde at Manchester is that it is used by many different organisations for events. One a while back had a discussion about Technology benefits due to Concorde, part of that was about Concordes "1sts". First FBW was challenged as the feeling was that there must have been another by then. Nobody could think of another so it stood the debate. Is anyone aware of any others ? Subjects (links are to this post in the relevant subject page so that this post can be seen in context): FBW (Fly By Wire) |
johnjosh43
April 26, 2011, 23:42:00 GMT permalink Post: 6414250 |
Vulcan Schematic
ChristianJ
Is this what you wanted ? Subjects: None |
johnjosh43
July 27, 2011, 17:32:00 GMT permalink Post: 6599774 |
Airframe Internal Metal Colour
or at least undercarriage doors. We had a bunch of guys up here at Manchester from AF at Filton last week. They needed a "Concorde fix". While underneath on of them said "Oh Yes your doors are different colours like ours."
I'd never noticed that the metal on the inside of the main undercarriage doors that are open when she's on the ground are different colours. One is a drab green and the other is khaki. Is there any reason for this or is it just a new one has been fitted at some time and happens to be different ? Subjects (links are to this post in the relevant subject page so that this post can be seen in context): Air France Filton |
johnjosh43
October 30, 2011, 21:32:00 GMT permalink Post: 6780253 |
Video
Christaan
That video company is ITVV - Intelligent Television and Video. DVD copies are still around on Ebay. 300 minutes of pure delight. Subjects (links are to this post in the relevant subject page so that this post can be seen in context): Intelligent Television and Video |
johnjosh43
November 02, 2011, 16:09:00 GMT permalink Post: 6785772 |
Stretchy bit
When we are doing the cockpit section of our tours at Manchester on Alpha Charlie we always show guests where the expansion gap is. The other day one of the guides had someone who had been involved in Concorde and he seemed to remember that the expansion was visible somewhere else.
Is this true ? Subjects: None |
johnjosh43
February 14, 2012, 19:35:00 GMT permalink Post: 7023656 |
Cable runs & Expansion
Concorde grows as she gets warmer. How does the mechanical cable connection of the controls cope with the growth ?
I assume the electrical cabling has nice loops to allow growth but a mechanical cable connection needs to be pretty taut all the time. One theory today was that the cables expand as they warm up at the same rate as the structure but surely they aren't as warm ? Subjects: None |
johnjosh43
April 01, 2012, 22:06:00 GMT permalink Post: 7112909 |
Differences between ordered Airframes
I had a guy on a tour at MAN last week who asked a question - what were the differences between the BA Concordes and the French ones ?
Broadening it out a bit this was touched on earlier in the thread with the APU for Iran discussion and a bit about AF & AG being slightly different. Is there a definitive list anywhere of what each of the airlines wanted ? Subjects (links are to this post in the relevant subject page so that this post can be seen in context): APU (Auxiliary Power Unit) Air France British Airways |
johnjosh43
September 03, 2012, 22:29:00 GMT permalink Post: 7394794 |
One of the guys on the Save the TU144 Facebook page says that the thing in that picture on the TU144 is connected to the Air Conditioning.
There is also a TU144 website now. Format donated by Gordons ConcordeSST TU-144 SST - Flying Forever on the Internet Subjects (links are to this post in the relevant subject page so that this post can be seen in context): Tu-144 |
johnjosh43
December 15, 2016, 12:47:00 GMT permalink Post: 9610315 |
Is this the section you mean ?-
Heritage Concorde - select Item 1 in the Pilots Instruments section. Subjects: None |
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