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  2. Concorde - Wikipedia

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    Concorde was the first airliner to have a fly-by-wire flight-control system (in this case, analogue); the avionics system Concorde used was unique because it was the first commercial aircraft to employ hybrid circuits. [69] The principal designer for the project was Pierre Satre, with Sir Archibald Russell as his deputy. [70]

  3. Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 - Wikipedia

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    The Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 was an Anglo-French turbojet with reheat, which powered the supersonic airliner Concorde.It was initially a joint project between Bristol Siddeley Engines Limited (BSEL) and Snecma, derived from the Bristol Siddeley Olympus 22R engine.

  4. Supersonic transport - Wikipedia

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    A supersonic transport (SST) or a supersonic airliner is a civilian supersonic aircraft designed to transport passengers at speeds greater than the speed of sound. To date, the only SSTs to see regular service have been Concorde and the Tupolev Tu-144. The last passenger flight of the Tu-144 was in June 1978 and it was last flown in 1999 by NASA.

  5. Flight engineer reveals what it was really like to operate ...

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    In a pre-computer age, flight engineers were crucial to aviation. Former Concorde flight engineer Warren Hazelby explains how he helped fly the supersonic jet.

  6. I toured a Concorde. Take a look inside the discontinued ...

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  7. Intake ramp - Wikipedia

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    More advanced supersonic intakes feature a ramp with a number of discrete changes of gradient in order to generate multiple oblique shock waves. The first known aircraft to use this is the North American A-5 Vigilante with fully-variable wedge-type side air intakes [ 3 ] In the case of Concorde , the first (converging) intake ramp is followed ...

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

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    Five years before Concorde’s first flight, another majestic supersonic aircraft took to the skies — and almost became the ... The plane would later achieve a speed of just over 2,000 miles per ...

  9. Rolls-Royce Olympus variants - Wikipedia

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    The Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 was a reheated version of the Olympus which powered the supersonic airliner Concorde. [32] The Olympus 593 project was started in 1964, using the TSR2's Olympus Mk 320 as a basis for development. [33] BSEL and Snecma Moteurs of France were to share the project. [32]