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The Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde was a supersonic passenger airliner or supersonic transport (SST). It was a product of an Anglo-French government treaty, combining the manufacturing efforts of Aérospatiale and British Aircraft Corporation. With only 20 aircraft ultimately built, the costly development phase represented a substantial economic loss. Additionally, Air France and British Airways were subsidised by their governments to buy the aircraft. Concorde was the more successful of the only two supersonic airliners to have ever operated commercially, the Tupolev Tu-144 being the other. The Tu-144 had a higher maximum speed, but required more fuel and had less range than Concorde.

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  • Aérospatiale/BAe Concorde
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  • The Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde was a supersonic passenger airliner or supersonic transport (SST). It was a product of an Anglo-French government treaty, combining the manufacturing efforts of Aérospatiale and British Aircraft Corporation. With only 20 aircraft ultimately built, the costly development phase represented a substantial economic loss. Additionally, Air France and British Airways were subsidised by their governments to buy the aircraft. Concorde was the more successful of the only two supersonic airliners to have ever operated commercially, the Tupolev Tu-144 being the other. The Tu-144 had a higher maximum speed, but required more fuel and had less range than Concorde.
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climb rate main
  • 5000(xsd:integer)
length alt
  • 61.66 m
span main
  • 2560.32
lists
  • * List of airliners
cruise speed main
  • Mach 2.02
more performance
  • * Lift/drag ratio: Low speed- 3.94, Approach- 4.35, 250 kn, 10,000 ft- 9.27, Mach 0.94- 11.47, Mach 2.04- 7.14 * Fuel consumption for max. range : 46.85 lb/mi * Maximum nose tip temperature: 260 °F
cruise speed alt
  • ~1,320 mph
thrust alt
  • 140 kN
height alt
  • 12(xsd:double)
Name
  • Concorde
primary user
Type
  • Supersonic airliner
Manufacturers
  • BAC -
  • Sud Aviation
range alt
  • 4500(xsd:integer)
Caption
  • An Air France Concorde
length main
  • 6167.12
useful load main
  • 245000.0
Unit Cost
  • £23 million in 1977
area main
  • 3856.0
max take-off weight alt
  • 185070.0
height main
  • 1219.2
See Also
  • * BAC 221 * Handley Page HP.115 * LAPCAT
span alt
  • 25.6 m
range main
  • 3900.0
max speed main
  • Mach 2.2
Capacity
  • 92(xsd:integer)
thrust/weight
  • 0(xsd:double)
climb rate alt
  • 25.41
ceiling main
  • 60000.0
afterburning thrust main
  • 38050(xsd:integer)
empty weight main
  • 173500.0
Related
  • * Bristol 223 * Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle
afterburning thrust alt
  • 169 kN
type of jet
  • afterburning turbojets
area alt
  • 358.25
First Flight
  • 1969-03-02(xsd:date)
more users
engine (jet)
  • Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 Mk 610
max speed alt
  • ~1,450 mph, 2,330 km/h
jet or prop?
  • jet
max take-off weight main
  • 408000.0
empty weight alt
  • 78700.0
thrust main
  • 32000(xsd:integer)
number of jets
  • 4(xsd:integer)
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 18,300 m
similar aircraft
  • * Boeing 2707 * Lockheed L-2000 * Tupolev Tu-144
Retired
  • 2003-11-26(xsd:date)
Crew
  • 3(xsd:integer)
Introduction
  • 1976-01-21(xsd:date)
Number Built
  • 20(xsd:integer)
useful load alt
  • 111130.0
more general
  • * Maximum fuel load: 210,940 lb * Maximum taxiing weight: 412,000 lb
abstract
  • The Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde was a supersonic passenger airliner or supersonic transport (SST). It was a product of an Anglo-French government treaty, combining the manufacturing efforts of Aérospatiale and British Aircraft Corporation. With only 20 aircraft ultimately built, the costly development phase represented a substantial economic loss. Additionally, Air France and British Airways were subsidised by their governments to buy the aircraft. Concorde was the more successful of the only two supersonic airliners to have ever operated commercially, the Tupolev Tu-144 being the other. The Tu-144 had a higher maximum speed, but required more fuel and had less range than Concorde. First flown in 1969, Concorde service commenced in 1976 and continued for 27 years. It flew regular transatlantic flights from London Heathrow (British Airways) and Paris Charles de Gaulle (Air France) to New York JFK and Washington Dulles, flying these routes at record speeds, in under half the time of other airliners. Concorde also set many other records, including the official FAI "Westbound Around The World" and "Eastbound Around the World" world air speed records. As a result of the type's only crash, on 25 July 2000, world economic effects arising from the 9/11 attacks, and other factors, operations ceased on 24 October 2003. The last "retirement" flight occurred on 26 November that year. Concorde remains an icon of aviation history, and has acquired an unusual nomenclature for an aircraft. In common usage in the United Kingdom, the type is known as "Concorde" rather than "the Concorde" or "a Concorde".
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