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How about a ride on the Concorde!

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Awesome, thank you!!!

One of my "dream trips" was to cross one way on the Concorde, and return in QE2. Not possible anymore...
 
Wow - really enjoyed watching that. The captain ends with "... we hope to fly you again soon, even if it's on a Jumbo". Sad.

Question: why did the interior window get hot? I can see the exterior window heating up from friction - but the interior window?

Thanks for posting this!
Tom M.
 
Walked through one at the Boeing Museum in Seattle. MUCH smaller than I thought it would be inside.
 
Thanks Basil for that, I also enjoyed the video. Shame it couldn't survive, the economy wouldn't allow it to be profitable, I believe the Paris crash sealed it's fate, regardless of what caused it. Beautiful aircraft though. PJ
 
PAUL161 said:
Thanks Basil for that, I also enjoyed the video. Shame it couldn't survive, the economy wouldn't allow it to be profitable, I believe the Paris crash sealed it's fate, regardless of what caused it. Beautiful aircraft though. PJ
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TIme to watch Airport 79!
 
Sir Paul McCartney was sitting on the tarmac on the Concorde when 911 hit. He recalled seeing the smoke from the Twin Towers out the right side of the aircraft. They had to get everyone off the plane and he ended up staying in Long Island at a Hotel.
 
Very interesting. If memory serves me correctly one of the problems with the Concorde was noise reduction. It had to throttle down over the U.S. in order to stay within the guidelines of noise. Also the heating of the surfaces was caused by the air compression on the outer surfaces. I say this as husband and a friend were talking about this not too long ago. Most of what they said was over my head and below my feet but I guess I did retain some of the conversation. Thanks for the video Boss.
 
Boink said:
.... MUCH smaller than I thought it would be inside.
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Aerodynamic drag rises with cross-sectional area. With a round fuselage, double the cabin width and you get four times the cross-section area, so you'll need four time the power to push it through the air.

Flying supersonic requires massive power and gulps gobs of fuel under any circumstances. Nobody would be willing to pay to fly a wide-body supersonic.
 
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