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		Concorde components were manufactured in British and French factories and shipped to the two final assembly plants by road, sea and air.
		The British Concorde prototype G-BSST made its 22 minute maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford on 9 April 1969, the French prototype F-WTSS had flown from Toulouse five weeks earlier.
		Fairford was chosen as the test airfield for Concorde because the runway at Filton was rejected for test flying, its length was inadequate and there were problems with the slope, and the first 1000 feet (300 m) of the runway at its eastern (A38) end could not be used.
	www.hometownengland.com /bristol (3199 words)

	Concorde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Concorde had a cruising speed of Mach 2.04 and a cruise altitude of 56,000 feet ( 17,000 metres) with a delta wing configuration and an evolution of the afterburner -equipped engines originally developed for the Avro Vulcan strategic bomber.
		The Concorde was the safest airliner in the world according to passenger deaths per distance travelled until the 25 July 2000 crash of Air France Flight 4590 in Gonesse, France.
		Concorde F-WTSA (102) made 314 flights (189 supersonic) and was then retired to Orly Airport in Paris on May 20, 1976, where it is on display to the public.
	brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/co/concorde.html (3676 words)

	Concorde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Concorde had a cruise speed of Mach 2.04 and a cruise altitude of 60,000 feet ( 17,700 metres) with a delta wing configuration and an evolution of the afterburner -equipped engines originally developed for the Avro Vulcan strategic bomber.
		Concorde 001 took off for the first test flight from Toulouse on March 2, 1969 and the first supersonic flight followed on October 1.
		It was suggested in France and the United Kingdom that part of the American opposition to Concorde on grounds of noise pollution was in fact orchestrated or at least encouraged by the United States Government out of spite at not being able to propose a viable competitor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Concorde (3313 words)

	Aviation News Magazine - Concorde chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Concorde’s beautiful shape was a product of engineering and aerodynamic necessity, though one could scarcely have come up with a more elegant design even if that had been the main aim.
		Concorde 02 makes 3,728 mile (6,000km) roundtrip between Toulouse and Reykjavik in Iceland –; equivalent to Paris-New York – in 3hr 27min, of which 2hr 9min are flown at Mach 2.
		Concorde is banned from John F Kennedy Airport for six months by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, while it observes noise levels at Paris, London and Washington.
	www.aviation-news.co.uk /pages/concordeChronology.html (2492 words)

	Dream Flights
		Dragging an aeroplane with flaps down the runway would affect acceleration, so leave the flaps up until they were required, then apply them, rotate and climb away.
		I held the aeroplane on the ground until 75 knots, keeping just enough back pressure to stop the nose wheel from undergoing any more stress than was normal, the speed was soon at 80 and I called for flaps and rotated decisively and climbed us to about 50 feet as the flaps came on.
		I expressed my concern to Peter about weight and its distribution and he did a few quick calculations based on his knowledge of the aeroplane and was happy with the ability to depart from Bequia and arrive at Union Island in safety.
	www.idealimage.flyer.co.uk /dreamfly.htm (7616 words)

	Aviation News Magazine - The Last Concorde Captain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		People become commercial pilots for a number of reasons and probably one thing we all have in common is the love of flying aeroplanes, another is to see the world, another one is to be reasonably remunerated and another is to have an irregular lifestyle.
		Because the Concorde programme was small in terms of aircraft, the manufacturers don’t have a spare airframe on which they can do the certification testing for significant new system changes.
		First Officers have forgone a command on subsonic aeroplanes to enable them to become co-pilots on Concorde and indeed, some have been Captain’s on other aeroplanes and bid to be co-pilots on Concorde.
	www.airpictorial.com /pages/theLastConcordeCaptain.html (1036 words)

	Farewell Concorde
		That beautiful aeroplane that has ferried the great and the good across the Atlantic Ocean so many times in the last thirty years or so was making it's final visit to Cardiff, Wales.
		Concorde was due to land at 1145 am.
		On the ground Concorde is 203ft 9in long but stretches by almost 10 inches in flight due to heating of the airframe and the famous swing-nose reaches 127C - a stark contrast to the outside temperature of a subsonic aircraft of -50C.
	www.bakerlite.co.uk /Concorde.htm (1121 words)

	Concorde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Aérospatiale - BAC Concorde supersonic transport (SST) was one of only two supersonic passenger airliner s to have seen commercial service.
		Concorde had a cruising speed of Mach 2.04 and a cruise altitude of 56,000 feet ( 17,000 meters) with a delta wing configuration and an evolution of the afterburner -equipped engines originally developed for the Avro Vulcan strategic bomber.
		However, an ongoing dispute with India prevented the Concorde from reaching supersonic speeds in Indian airspace, so the route was eventually declared inviable.
	www.vvvvitamins.com /article-Concorde.html (3638 words)

	Concorde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Concorde's final flight, from London (Heathrow) to Filton (Bristol), on 26th November 2003.
		That same day Sir Richard Branson offered to buy British Airways' Concordes at their original price of £1 each for service with his Virgin Atlantic Airways, but was refused.
		It spent a day "resting" and refuelling in New York before making an unusual supersonic flight (which required special permission) over the uninhabited part of northern Canada, to Seattle, where it is currently displayed at the Museum of Flight, alongside the very first Boeing 747 and a BOAC Comet.
	www.mywiseowl.com /index.php?title=Concorde&action=creativecommons (3857 words)

	The JHS Concorde Page
		The last landings of Concorde were on the 24th October 2003 at about 1600hrs, at London Heathrow Airport.
		If you have anything you think could be worthwhile adding to the site, that is any experiences of Concorde you have had, or any photos or videos, I would be very grateful if you could get in touch with me.
		Concorde was born out of separate French and British projects which joined forces in 1962.
	www.jameshovercraft.co.uk /concorde (430 words)

	Articles - Concorde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		That same day Sir Richard Branson offered to buy British Airways'; Concordes at their original price of Â£1 million each for service with his Virgin Atlantic Airways, but was refused.
		Any hope of Concorde remaining in service was further thwarted by Airbus'; unwillingness to provide maintenance support for the aging airframes.
		Bonhams held an auction of British Airways'; Concorde artifacts on December 1, 2003 at Olympia Exhibition Centre, in Kensington, London.
	www.kamero.net /articles/Concorde (3137 words)

	Astrology for the 21st Century
		As the Concordes are being handed over to museums and airports in different countries around the world, Concorde is approaching its 28th birthday in terms of commercial flying, so there is a clear Saturn return pattern here that relates to the era of commercial supersonic air travel.
		When Concorde was retired there was an element of distrust in the public and media about the official reasons given, and doubt remains in some people's minds about what really went on behind the scenes.
		Concorde was given an heroic send-off by a proud public that turned out in tens of thousands to say good-bye to this much-loved plane.
	www.astrology21.co.uk /b1concorde.html (1264 words)

	ESA - Education - Aeroplanes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The first successful flight in an aeroplane was probably that of brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright in 1903 in North Carolina, USA.
		Average speeds doubled to 140mph and the potential of aeroplanes for crossing land and sea regardless of physical or political boundaries was obvious.
		Aeroplanes played a major role in the Second World War and as a result they developed even more quickly.
	www.esa.int /esaED/ESARNXNED2D_index_0.html (313 words)

	MSN Encarta - Aeroplane
		In the early days of aviation, the fuselage was merely an open framework to support the other components of the plane; the bottom of the airframe served as the landing gear.
		Although the single-winged plane, known as the monoplane, made its appearance in the first decade of powered flight, early aeroplane construction favoured the use of two wings (the biplane), and occasionally even three or four.
		Components of modern aircraft necessary for flight control include devices manipulated from the cockpit by the stick or wheel and by the rudder pedals, and instruments that provide the pilot with essential information.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761556643_3/Aeroplane.html (843 words)

	Concorde's final flight heralds end of Western civilization
		The consignment of Concorde to the history books, only a century after the Wright brother's developed the world's first aircraft, can be seen as a sign that our great civilization has peaked and is now in rapid decline.
		As the most fuel-hungry aeroplane, Concorde had to be the first victim.
		Daily Telegraph, "Grounded Concordes destined for museums", [ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/11/nconc11.xml ] Concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner, will be a museum piece by November, a casualty of cutbacks in big business travel budgets and soaring maintenance costs, British Airways said yesterday.
	www.usenet.com /newsgroups/talk.politics.misc/msg21444.html (806 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Last paying Concorde passengers flying from London to New York
		British Airways' announcement last April that it was retiring its seven Concordes spurred an outpouring of affection for the sleek needle-nosed jet.
		The Anglo-French Concorde, which began commercial service in January 1976, was a technological marvel and the ultimate symbol of jet-set glamour.
		"Concorde is capable of flying for 20 to 30 years and it should continue to fly," he said.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20031023-1137-britain-concorde.html (649 words)

	AM Archive - Air Paris Concorde explodes after takeoff
		The left side of the engine bank (there's four engines on the Concorde) and the left side, number 1 and number 2 engines, one of those obviously had a catastrophic failure.
		It was trailed in flames 200 to 300 feet behind the aeroplane.
		So the aeroplane was then trying to climb on only two out of four engines, and it just couldn't gain altitude.
	www.abc.net.au /am/stories/s155952.htm (364 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Q&A: Cracks in Concorde
		Aeroplanes of all types, not just Concorde, are subjected to these checks on a regular basis.
		Now, the crack on one of the seven Concords, has started to get bigger, this was about a week ago and BA immediately grounded the aeroplane and brought the engineers in again, who have been working out a fix, which British Airways hopes to have in place by September.
		The way the checking schedule is determined is that every aeroplane, including Concorde, before it's flown, is set up in a hangar to have the most amazing stresses inflicted on it to replicate really rough flights, and that goes on 24 hours a day, for years and years until the aeroplane eventually breaks.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/849073.stm (820 words)

	BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Features - Last Concorde visit
		Watch the video of Concorde's historic visit to Birmingham Airport as it goes round the UK during its final week in service.
		As part of the celebration's marking the final week of Concorde's service, she arrived at Birmingham Airport as part of a nationwide tour.
		After flying into the Midlands Concorde continued her tour of Britain by flying into Belfast, Manchester, Cardiff and Edinburgh.
	bbc.co.uk /coventry/features/stories/2003/10/last-concorde-visit.shtml (234 words)

	Barrel & aileron roll
		That might work in a fast jet or any FBW aeroplane, but in any aeroplane I've flown it would result in a spiral dive as the nose would drop as soon as the wings moved away from the horizontal.
		Regarding taking a Concorde to high A of A, the stick pushers etc are there not to prevent a stall (she won't ever do that) but to protect against entering the regime of very high drag, when the only way is down despite use of full power.
		Thus in a Concorde in a spiral (or non-spiral) dive, there could be quite some time before approaching ground or dangerous TAS or Mach.
	p102.ezboard.com /fconcordesstfrm2.showMessage?topicID=5577.topic (2304 words)

	CONCORDE SST - The Definitive Concorde Aircraft Site on the Internet
		This is the only Concorde website on the 'net' to bring together all the information
		on the world's most famous and recognisable aeroplane into one place.
		From Concorde's origins to where you can visit them today, it is all here in one place.
	www.concordesst.com (116 words)

	The Daily Mail (London, England): CONCORDE; SPECIAL SOUVENIR PULL-OUT.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		IT WAS the only aeroplane which made people look up in wonder when they heard it overhead.
		It was the only aeroplane which could take executives, rock stars and royalty to the edge of space.
		Even today, as Concorde's decades of service draw to a close, only a handful of the latest military jets can outrun it - and then only for short bursts.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:109242189&refid=holomed_1 (183 words)

	Concorde supersonic jet / Homepage
		Exceptional sale of CONCORDE collection Parts In Toulouse
		The AEROTHEQUE association is organising an exceptional auction sale of Concorde collection parts, on 28, 29, 30 September and 1 October 2007 in Toulouse (France).
		To learn more about personal data protection, click here.
	www.concorde-jet.com (63 words)

	Links
		“ Concorde at Filton ” is the official site for the Concorde visitor centre at Filton Airfield where the last Concorde to be built at Filton (216 G-BOAF) - and the last to fly - is the main attraction.
		Substantial parts of Concorde’s fuselage and tail were built at BAC Weybridge in Surrey.
		BBC Bristol Concorde webpages - this is a fascinating collection of interesting Concorde-related items including a video timeline of newsreels and interviews with BAC staff and those who were involved in the Concorde project.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andy.buckley1/concorde/Links/links.html (639 words)

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