"Longing for a world we knew that will probably never see again." - Ever exciting Concorde: once 3 sunsets in 3h! Before CDG at 8pm take-off. Sunset in reverse, faster than sun - Mach 2. Descent on JFK at 5pm
- On 2 March 1969, the Concorde prototype took off for the first time from Toulouse, changing forever our understanding of civil aviation. The aviation icon was the only supersonic commercial vehicle in history. Built by the British Aircraft Corporation and the French Aérospatiale, the Concorde was the result of more than ten years of collaboration between the French and British aeronautic industries. Destined for elite passengers, the fine aircraft achieved a cruise speed of 2.150 km/h, topping the speed of sound and achieving a flight time of just 3.5 hours between London and New York. At the time, Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson said of the supersonic aircraft: "What's great about it is I'm able to take my children to school at 8.30 in the morning, drop them off, then take BA flight 001 at 10.30am to New York, and get to New York at 9.30am, in time for my Weight Watchers meetings."
- Engineeringwise, supersonic flight raised two problems. The first was that of the high temperatures produced on the surface of the aircraft, for which a solution was found by adopting special metal alloys; the second was that of the turbulence created on the wings, as the aircraft approached the speed of sound. In this case the shape of the wings adopted a triangular, 'delta' configuration. The passenger cabin was the length of 35 metres and a seating capacity of 100. First devised by a team of aerospace engineers, the interiors of the Concorde were later revisited by a number of designers: Raymond Loewy in 1975, Pierre Gauthier-Delaye in 1985 and 1988, and lastly, by Andrée Putman 's studio Ecart. The Concorde's demise followed a tragic accident on 25 July 2000, in which 113 people lost their lives as Air France flight 4590 took off from Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport. Crediting low passenger numbers since the accident and the changes in air travel that occurred after 11 September 2001, the aircraft took off for the last time on 26 November 2003.
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Airbus A320 Captain | Airmanship, Safety and Aviation CRM Advocate.
1yIt was an honor to be part of the crew that delivered this aircraft to Avianca Brazil.