UK Civil Service/ Independent Councillor /Founder of Multi national Concorde Tour Group/Team Building & Networking
Power...... The Rolls-Royce (Bristol Siddeley) Snecma, Olympus 593 engine. Four fitted to the Anglo-French Concorde. Each engine produces over 38,000lbs of thrust with re-heat on take-off, accelerating Concorde at an average fully loaded weight of 182 tonnes to a rotation speed of 250mph in around 40 seconds. Yet during the supercruse at Mach Two, around 1350mph the engines are only providing around 35% of the thrust, the remaining thrust is down to the very clever intake system, which slows down the air entering by 1000mph in just 11 feet. Quite remarkable and way ahead of its time. From the future Operated in the past...... Rolls-Royce British Airways Air France Airbus BRISTOL AERO COLLECTION TRUST Aerospace Bristol Musée aeroscopia Intrepid Museum The Museum of Flight Grantley Adams International Airport Inc. Brooklands Museum
Still amazing to this day - to think it was conceived before the advent of modern computers, email and internet is truly amazing 👏
Engineering Support Manager
4moDesigned & built with slide rules & log tables, drawn on paper by hand. Tested on a Vulcan (4x Olympus 301) were Olympus 320 for TSR2 & 593 for Concorde. Remarkable.