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The first flight of the Concorde, 1969.
The Rolls-Royce engines, showing thrust reverser doors in the landing position on the left engine, and take off position on the right.
Able to super-cruise at Mach II, the engines at this speed recorded a 43% efficiency, higher than any other engine at that time whether on land, air or at sea.
Concorde had the distinction of being the only commercial passenger jet to employ reheat (afterburners), which were used to gain speed on take-off, and then again for trans-sonic flight; afterburners were used from Mach .95 to Mach 1.7 after which they were shut down and the plane accelerated to its normal cruising speed on regular engine thrust.
While other aircraft designers managed to reduce vortex airflow to reduce turbulence, the Concorde engineers used that beautiful wing to actually induce over-the-wing vortex to reduce pressure and increase lift for takeoff and landing.
The Rolls-Royce engines, showing thrust reverser doors in the landing position on the left engine, and take off position on the right.
Able to super-cruise at Mach II, the engines at this speed recorded a 43% efficiency, higher than any other engine at that time whether on land, air or at sea.
Concorde had the distinction of being the only commercial passenger jet to employ reheat (afterburners), which were used to gain speed on take-off, and then again for trans-sonic flight; afterburners were used from Mach .95 to Mach 1.7 after which they were shut down and the plane accelerated to its normal cruising speed on regular engine thrust.
While other aircraft designers managed to reduce vortex airflow to reduce turbulence, the Concorde engineers used that beautiful wing to actually induce over-the-wing vortex to reduce pressure and increase lift for takeoff and landing.
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