CoNcOrDe !!!

I have always been amazed by the Concorde and its ability to break the sound barrier, during its flight. I have gathered some facts on this beautiful bird.

I remember the last time, watching this aircraft in awe, at Chennai Airport, during a chartered flight around the globe. If I'm not mistaken Suji was with me. Before this 2 times. I can still remember the vibrations it created and the scare it gave us the first time (we were getting ready for bed while staying at Adayar) and the other time during a drama rehersal (Ashokettan was stage in a beggers costume, I suppose)

Some facts about the Concorde:

Manufactured by: Aérospatiale - British Aerospace (major stake holders of Airbus)

Cruise speed: Mach 2.04

Cruise altitude of 60,000 feet (17,700 meters)

Only 20 Concordes were built, six for development and 14 for commercial service.

These were:

• two prototypes
• two pre-production aircraft
• 16 production aircraft
• The first two of these did not enter commercial service
• Of the 14 which flew commercially, 12 were still in service in April 2003

Click on this link to watch a Concorde landing, and the link also has the history:
http://www.flightlevel350.com/viewer.php?id=3310

For the list of destination the Concorde has visited,
http://www.concordesst.com/history/destinations.html

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde