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Finap Concorde
Finap Concorde
By Group IV
About
Developed in the 1960s, by French and British engineers. Runs on four very advanced and powerful jet engines. Able to reach supersonic speeds. Uses REHEAT technology. The most tested Aircraft.
Specifications
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Capacity
100 passengers and 2.5 tonnes of cargo
Cabin crew of 6 people Flight Crew consisting of 2 pilots and I flight engineer
Speed
Take off speed of 250 mph. Cruising speed of 1350 mph (Mach 2) up to 60000 feet. Landing speed of 187 mph.
Timeline
1959, Supersonic airline research begins in Europe. 2nd March 1967, The first prototype, Concorde 001, rolled out from Toulouse, France. 9th April 1967, The first flight of Concorde 002 from Bristol, UK to its test centre at Fairford 1st October 1967, 1st super sonic flight. 1973, First flight to the US. 1976, First commercial supersonic flight from London to Bahrain. 1977, First London-New York commercial flight. 1986, First Round the world trip. 2003, Last commercial flight from New York to London.
AIRPORT OPERATION
BA CONCORDE G-BOAE AT HEATHROW
10:15 AM JANUARY
demand for permanent crew member Flight plan Special airport metrological office Fuel requirements New York route Crew responsibilities for circumstances En-route airfield department.
FURTHER SUBJECTS
BALANCED TRIM CENTRE OF GRAVITY ROOM FOR FUEL SHIFT FLIGHT ENGINEER INSPECTION FINAL SUMMARY OF WEIGHT AND BALANCE CAPTAIN SIGNS , LOAD SHEET & FINAL TAKEOFF
Operational Issues:
Visible problems and failure of upper rudder. First failure occurred in April 1989 when BAS G-BOAF(216) lost part of its rudder while flying between Auckland and Sydney
Cont.
In 1994 hairline cracks were found in the aft wing spar webbing of BAs Concorde's. Nonstructural nature which had to be overcome was that of fitting traffic alert and collision avoidance system
Modification:
Modification
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the crash was caused by a titanium strip that fell from a Continental Airlines DC-10 that had taken off minutes earlier Crashed in 60 sec after take off suffering type blow out that cause fuel tank to rupture. Caused sequence of fire eventually led to engines failing and air craft crashing.
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109 casualties (100 passengers and 9 crew members. 4 people in local hotel were also killed.
Modifications:
Lining the inside of fuel tank with Kevlar-rubber panels
Cont.
Michelin NZG tyres were fitted along with armor plating for cabling and hydraulics running into main gear box.
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Improved upgraded interiors like. New comfortable seats. New galleys
Further Modifications
Visor screw jack
Trunnions mounting
Fork- end Air frame Drop nose checking sling Spring balance Lifting equipment Locking pin
END OF AN ERA
In 2003,after 35 years of flight and more than 25 years of passenger service
REASONS OF RETIREMENT
Made untidy operating profit for the airlines. No hopes for airline being able to fund this investment of premium first class market demand. Airline decided to write of the investment of aircraft of around 100 M rather than risk having to write off sums that could top 200M in upcoming years Emission of Nitrous dioxide Fuel constraints
TEAM MEMBERS
Shrish Porwal Vishakha Soni Sumit Verma Simran Kaur Shipra Chawla Ishaan Bhardwaj Supreet Bhattacharjee Samrendra Nath Sweta Paliwal Sonam Bhist Tehmeena Farooqui Vivek Sood Venkat Ambuj
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