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concord airplane information
i want general inf. about concord plane including its history and description.
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There is way to much detailed information on the Concord to supply in the space available here. I suggest you take the time and use available search engines to do a detailed search on the Concord.
The Concord was a plane, that like the space shuttle was ahead of its time. The computer in your cell phone has more computing power than the computers on the concord and it was designed the old fashion way with slide rules and hand drawings.
Concord was a joint venture between the British and French Aerospace industries. The First Flights occurred in March and April of 1969 with passenger service beginning almost 8 years later. Only 12 Concords were ever built. Concords down fall was of course the sonic boom created by the plane and the fact that shortly after the first flight the world oil market price started rising at unprecedented rates.
The airlines that had made tentative commitments for the plane withdrew there offers. The builders of the plane in the end sold the planes to Air France and British Airways at fire sale prices.
A beautiful airplane had few airports that would accept them and were very costly to operate. In the end a freak accident would spell the end for Concord after 40 years of accident free service.
The history channel had a very good program on Concord, it is possible the program is available from the station on DVD.
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