BAC / Arospatiale Concorde

Developed in the 1960s and beginning service in 1976, the graceful

Concorde travelled at over twice the speed of sound and could fly its
passengers across the Atlantic in as little as three hours. 14 aircraft in
total entered commercial service with British Airways and Air France.
The Concorde fleet was grounded in 2000 following the crash of an
Air France flight, but resumed flying the following year after safety
improvements. In 2003 both airlines withdrew Concorde from
service because of rising operating costs, and the surviving aircraft are
now displayed in museums across Europe and North America.
Capacity: approx. 100 passengers (varies with seat layout)
Flight crew: Two pilots, one flight engineer
Cabin crew: Six
Range (with typical payload): 6,580 km (4,090 miles)
Engines: Four Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593,
each producing 38,000 lbs thrust with reheat
Take-off speed: 397 km/hr (246 mph)
Droop nose positions
Cruising speed: Mach 2.04 (2,150 km/hr or 1,350 mph)
Landing speed: 300 km/hr (187 mph)
Service ceiling: 18,290 m (60,000 ft) 0 (visor up) 0 (visor down)
Used during supersonic Used during subsonic cruise
Length: 61.7 m (202 ft 4 in) cruise and when parked

Wingspan: 25.56 m (83 ft 10 in)

Height: 12.2 m (40 ft 0 in)
Fuel capacity: 119,500 litres (26,290 Imp. gallons) 5 (visor down) 12.5 (visor down)
Used during taxiing and take off Used during landing and taxiing
Fuel consumption: 25,629 litres (5,638 Imp. gallons) per hour
Maximum take-off weight: 185 tonnes (408,000 lb)
Landing gear: Eight main wheels, two nose wheels
DANGER

LES ESSAIS DU SYSTEME

NE PAS UTILISER COMME
ACCESS. THIS FLAP WILL

FONCTIONNER PENDENT
NOT TO BE USED AS AN

ACCES. CE VOLET PEUT

BE OPERATIVE DURING
SYSTEM TESTING
ESSAIS DU SYSTEME, NE PAS
FONCTIONNER PENDENT LES
DANGER
RAMPS WILL BE OPERATIVE
DURING SYSTEM TESTING
DO NOT USE FOR ACCESS

UTILISER COMME ACCES

LES RAMPES PEUVENT

DANGER
ESSAIS DU SYSTEME, NE PAS
FONCTIONNER PENDENT LES

ACCESS. THIS FLAP WILL

NE PAS UTILISER COMME

LES ESSAIS DU SYSTEME

NOT TO BE USED AS AN
DANGER

FONCTIONNER PENDENT
RAMPS WILL BE OPERATIVE

ACCES. CE VOLET PEUT

BE OPERATIVE DURING
DURING SYSTEM TESTING
DO NOT USE FOR ACCESS

UTILISER COMME ACCES

LES RAMPES PEUVENT

SYSTEM TESTING

NO STEP

SORTIE EXIT

SORTIE EXIT

TO

FULLY
DEPRESS
TO

FULLY
DEPRESS

TO OPEN
FULLY
DEPRESS
SORTIE EXIT

ATTENTION CAUTION
ICI FLIGHT
ENREGISTREUR RECORDER
DE VOL HERE

NO STEP

OVERPRESSURE O2

STATIC PORTS DO NOT

PLUG OR DEFORM HOLES
AREA INDICATED SURPRESSION O2
MUST BE SMOOTH,
CLEAN AND FREE OF ICE.

PRISES DE PRESSION NE PAS

BRANCHEZ OU DEFORMEZ
PAS LES TROUS. CREW O2
LE SECTEUR INDIQUE DOIT
ETRE LISSE ET PROPRE.

ROLLS
ROLLS ROYCE SNECMA

OLYMPUS 593
ROYCE

concorde_factsheet.pdf
2006 by Ralph Currell
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