The Concorde

The Concorde has been retired from service and no longer flies. When it began, in 1976, it was state of the art supersonic flying. At 2,150km/h trips are half the length of time of other airliners.

This fantastic picture is from james.gordon6108 from Los Angeles, USA

Fast Facts:

• cruises at Mach 2
• they were re-painted every three years
• they had a cabin crew of 6
• flight deck crew was 2 pilots and a flight engineer
• landing gear was 8  main wheels and  2  nose wheels
• fuel capacity 119,500 ltrs 
• fuel consumption  25,629 ltrs  per hour
• powered by Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 Mark 610 turbojets
• weight without fuel 92080kg
• length 61.66m
• passengers 128
• the planes fuel is used to cool its skin in flight

The cockpit of a Concorde

This fantastic picture is from Christian Kath