Posts by user "ruddman" [Posts: 7 Total up-votes: 0 Page: 1 of 1]¶

I've never seen it fly or even static. Hopefully one day. Would be a huge thrill. Thank goodness for youtube. And I'd pay more to halve the time to travel by aircraft if I could!



Maybe, just maybe, the Concorde was so far ahead of its time nobody has caught up to it yet?


One awesome aircfraft.

Considering there is a thread going regarding an aircraft flying some distance with an engine shut down, what was possible with the Concorde?

If it lost one at cruising altitude? If it lost another could it fly on only two?

Here's a question or three from a non-pilot:

Evidently most modern airliners use around 3 x height plus whatever to slow on approach etc.

1. Being that the Concorde looks like a slippery sob, how were the descents planned?

2. Did you just pull the throttles back to flight idle?

3. Or was there a little more engine management and more gradual handling of the engines and descent?

4. And I'm guessing the approach speeds were fairly high so hitting the touchdown zone was pretty important?

5. So if things got out of shape a little, and a G/A was required, how do you handle what looks like 4 rockets on the wings and applying the right amount of power?





Ok, more then 3 questions sorry.

Simple questions I'm sure but since I'm probably never going to able to fly one myself, getting these questions answered will allow me to sleep again at night.

Thank you very much sir. Appreciate it.

Did Concorde have Autobrakes or manual? What was typical stopping distance and did reverse play a big part once it was back on the ground?

Much appreciated.

Was there anything written up if it accidentally deployed in flight? Could it?