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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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I may have told this story here before, but I don't remember. In the summer of '84, I was driving my '70 GTX down Hwy 41 past Oshkosh, WI on my way to my parents' house for the weekend. I heard a loud roar and looked across the highway. A Concorde was flying along side me at tree top height coming in for a landing for the EAA Fly-In. It was one of the coolest sights I've seen. A Concorde would visit the Fly-In from time to time. The years they had one there, people could pay for a quick ride to Canada and back.
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100 737 MAX bodies at Spirit AeroSystems, waiting for Boeing to take delivery.
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That's a cool shirt.
I was a Phantom Phixer, flight line crew chief, on the RF-4C Phantom's when i was in the Air Force stationed at Zweibrucken Air Base, in Germany, 1974-76.
69-370 was my "bird".
I was a Phantom Phixer, flight line crew chief, on the RF-4C Phantom's when i was in the Air Force stationed at Zweibrucken Air Base, in Germany, 1974-76.
69-370 was my "bird".
Yes, and I've enjoyed your pictures and stories!
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That guy has been laying on the hanger floor for a long time. First a Canberra, then a Thud!
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I recently found a great deal on an aircraft book at the local mall bookstore: The Encyclopedia of Aircraft of World War II. Over 500 pages of most of the makes and types of aircraft from that era, with lots of pictures and spec's. Not just American and British, but French, Italian, Russian, Japanese, etc., as well. The store had it in their bargain books section, so, a lot of reading for $20. It made a great Christmas present for myself! ISBN: 978-1-78274-473-3
The smaller jet flying thru the hangar is a Hawker Hunter, single seat. At one time it held the world speed record, around 740mph, just shy of Mach 1. It had a one-off "reheat" to achieve the record over the English Channel. A few weeks later, the F-100 Super Sabre captured the record, at, I think 760 mph, or just supersonic at low level. I have over 2000h in the Hun, and about 200 in the Hunter! Not a line of software in either!
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