BAC/Sud Aviation Concorde - Development, Variants, Projects

[blackkite]

Thanks alot Arjen-san. Pre production model length(Pre-production Concorde 101 G-AXDN dimensions on Duxford Aviation Society site) is little long? Pre production model had short tail.

 

[blackkite]

Wasn't there a bit recently on BBC radio about someone trying to raise money for a new concorde?

Ummm........Concorde is noisy, especially at landing.

 

[Arjen]

Thanks alot Arjen-san. Pre production model length(Pre-production Concorde 101 G-AXDN dimensions on Duxford Aviation Society site) is little long? Pre production model had short tail.

I think somebody will have to visit Le Bourget and Duxford with a tape measure to settle this.

 

[blackkite]

Or ask BAE Systems or Airbus Group SE.

 

[Arjen]

Well, yes, but you would miss out on the exhibitions ;D

 

[blackkite]

Indeed. ;D

 

[Archibald]

I found a couple of papers dealing with the "Concorde B" and that much improved Olympus.
Which has a different name than "+25%" as mentionned in that site
http://www.concordesst.com/concordeb.html

It was called the Olympus 593 mk.622 - larger fan and up to 10% to even 30% more thrust. 30% more thrust out of 18 tons, should be 24 tons, and not that far from the Boeing SST General electric GE4.

The papers are behind a paywall (and a pretty expensive one with that) but c'est la vie. I linked the first pages.

Anybody ever heard of a man called P.C Gupka that worked at Bristol engines in the late 70's ?

 

[Arjen]

Having just received my copy of Building Concorde by Tony Buttler and Jean Christophe Carbonel I leafed to the part with Concorde's dimensions to settle a point that has been vexing me for years - fuselage length of prototype/pre-production/production aircraft. Lengths in SI units made no sense, with the prototype's length given as 64.16m, pre-production 67.51m and production 61.66m. Length in Imperial measures looked better:
- prototype 184ft 4.5in - 56.20m
- pre-production 194ft 0in - 59.13m
- production 202ft 3.6 in - 61.66m

A minor glitch in an otherwise excellent book.

 

[overscan]

I found a couple of papers dealing with the "Concorde B" and that much improved Olympus.
Which has a different name than "+25%" as mentionned in that site
http://www.concordesst.com/concordeb.html

It was called the Olympus 593 mk.622 - larger fan and up to 10% to even 30% more thrust. 30% more thrust out of 18 tons, should be 24 tons, and not that far from the Boeing SST General electric GE4.

The papers are behind a paywall (and a pretty expensive one with that) but c'est la vie. I linked the first pages.

Anybody ever heard of a man called P.C Gupka that worked at Bristol engines in the late 70's ?

Mr Gupta has a lot of articles on SST engines on the SAE.org website.

 

[toura]

Hi all
I worked in DBA airequipement from 1961 to 1988.
Here iss the storry of the hydraulic jack of the nose of
the Concord

 

[hesham]

A good Article about Concorde and its predessesors on Le Fana 3/2019.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Also, there is a nice piece about the flight testing of the Concorde in the April edition of Aeroplane. It's based on the recollections of the last surviving manufacturer's test pilot, Alan Smith.

 

[hesham]

From Icare 1963,

a model to Concorde.

 

[galgot]

A 1973 TWA agency model, this model was sold 10400 € at an auction in Paris... :

 

[blackkite]

Hi!

https://www.fzt.haw-hamburg.de/pers/Scholz/dglr/hh/text_2007_04_11_RAeS_Concorde.pdf

 

[hesham]

From Ailes 1961.

 

[hesham]

From Ailes 23/2/1962.

 

[Grey Havoc]

 

[uk 75]

Whereas the Comet and Caravelle gave way to fleets of Boeings until Airbus came on the scene, Concorde lived to see its Boeing rival broken up as a wood and cardboard mockup.
The future of the supersonic airliner may well be an executive jet sized plane for those prepared to pay the price.

 

[blackkite]

Recently I feel ecological big size subsonic liner is enough for me.
I could travel France, Italy, Spain, U.S, Bali and Singapore economically by my favorite 747.
But I want to travel by SST for once in my life.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

GALLERY | speedbirdconcorde

speedbirdconcorde.wixsite.com

 

[galgot]

Artem mikoyan with the Super-Caravelle SST model at Le Bourget 1961: