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As the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, Concorde was popular with royals, celebrities, and business executives. I toured a Concorde. Take a look inside the discontinued supersonic ...
(203) was the Concorde lost in the crash of Air France Flight 4590 on 25 July 2000 in the small town of Gonesse, France near Le Bourget, located just outside Paris, killing 113 people. The remains of this aircraft are stored at a hangar at Le Bourget Airport. It is the only Concorde in the history of the design to be destroyed in a crash.
Concorde's high cruising altitude meant people on board received almost twice the flux of extraterrestrial ionising radiation as those travelling on a conventional long-haul flight. [125] [126] Upon Concorde's introduction, it was speculated that this exposure during supersonic travels would increase the likelihood of skin cancer. [127]
In 2003, Air France donated one of its retiring Concorde aircraft to the museum. [3] With a Tupolev Tu-144 [4] already on display since 2001, it is the only place where both supersonic passenger aircraft are shown. Both aircraft's preserved interiors can be accessed by the public. [citation needed]
Because the plane was traveling so quickly and my focus point was so small, it would’ve also been very easy to focus on something on the ground, leaving the Concorde a blurry mess. And the ...
The supersonic aircraft suffered a catastrophic crash in Paris on 25 July 2000. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
When Concorde was being designed by Aérospatiale–BAC, high bypass jet engines ("turbofan" engines) had not yet been deployed on subsonic aircraft. Had Concorde entered service against earlier designs like the Boeing 707 or de Havilland Comet, it would have been much more competitive, though the 707 and DC-8 still carried more passengers ...
"The Concorde Experience" includes a walk-through and around the aircraft (with an accompanying audio guide available), an audio-visual presentation about the history of G-BOAA, and an exhibition about the history of Concorde with prototype and production Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 engines, aircraft seats and numerous small objects. "The ...