Rare facts about Concorde flight
by Arun[ Edit ] 2012-09-11 19:41:01
- It made its first flight on March 2, 1969 from Toulouse,France
- October 1, 1969 was the Concorde's first supersonic flight
- Concorde's four engines - specially designed Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593s â are the most powerful pure jet engines to fly commercially
- Takes off at 220 knots (250mph) (compared with 165 knots for most subsonic aircraft)
- More than 2.5 million passengers have flown supersonically on British Airways' Concorde since she entered commercial service in 1976
- October 24, 2003 was the Concorde's last supersonic commercial flight
