The Anglo-French super-sonic airliner is one of the most spectacular aircraft developments of the last few years. The first flight of the British Aircraft Corporation and Aerospatiale joint production was on 2nd March 1969. Passenger flights started operating at the beginni'ng of 1976 (transatlantic and middle-east routes). The Concorde has four Olympus 593 engines (17.000 kp thrust each) and achieves a maximum crusing speed of mach 2,04. Range: 6.580km, passenger capacity 128-144.
France and Great-Britain simultaneously started basic studies on a supersonic aircraft in 1956. These studies led in 1961 to two distinct projects which were combined on November 29, 1962, into a single project which assembled for main companies: Aérospatial, BAC, Rolls-Royce and SNECMA.
The first prototype 001 left the Toulouse hangar on the 11 December 1967.
Concorde had already smashed altitude records (2100m) and speed (Mach 2.2).
On the 21 January 1976 a new chapter in commercial aviation history began, under the colours of British Airways and Air France.
Wingspan: 25.56m
Length: 61.74m
Cruising speed at 15 640m: Mach 2.05
Engine: 4 turbo reactors Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 595