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  2. Concorde - Wikipedia

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    Concorde had a maximum cruising altitude of 18,300 metres (60,000 ft) and an average cruise speed of Mach 2.02 (2,150 km/h; 1,330 mph), more than twice the speed of conventional aircraft. [ 131 ]

  3. Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 - Wikipedia

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    Partial reheat providing a 20% thrust increase [3] was installed to give the take-off thrust required for Concorde to operate from existing runways, and for transonic acceleration from Mach 0.95 up to Mach 1.7; the aircraft flew supersonically without reheat above that speed. At cruise the engine's direct contribution (transferred by its mounts ...

  4. Supersonic transport - Wikipedia

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    For example, Concorde had very high drag (a lift to drag ratio of about 4) at slow speed, but it travelled at high speed for most of the flight. Designers of Concorde spent 5000 hours optimizing the vehicle shape in wind tunnel tests to maximize the overall performance over the entire flightplan.

  5. Concorde timeline: The highs and lows of the iconic plane - AOL

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  6. Tupolev Tu-144 - Wikipedia

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    A maximum speed of 2,443 km/h (1,518 mph; 1,319 kn) (Mach 2.35) was reached with afterburning. [10] Afterburners were added to Concorde to meet its take-off thrust requirement [ 16 ] and were not necessary for supersonic cruise; the Tu-144 used maximum afterburner for take-off and minimum for cruise.

  7. The supersonic plane that was faster than Concorde - AOL

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    Five years before Concorde’s first ... The plane would later achieve a speed of just over 2,000 miles per hour, nearly 50% faster than Concorde. ... right behind the cockpit — just like the XB ...

  8. Record-breaking supersonic Concorde airplane floats ... - AOL

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    Concorde, the world’s fastest commercial aircraft, has been making a rare journey – floating down New York’s Hudson River. Record-breaking supersonic Concorde airplane floats down New York ...

  9. John Cochrane (pilot) - Wikipedia

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    Cochrane piloted Concorde 002 for many of its proving flights and commanded Concorde 101 on its trials. [4] He had specific responsibility for the engine intake control system, which required him to test the aircraft to the limits of its speed, altitude and ability to carry a payload of passengers over the most likely potential routes at Mach 2 ...