BAC Concorde
by Tom Jelen
Title
BAC Concorde
Artist
Tom Jelen
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A�rospatiale/BAC Concorde /ˈkɒŋkɔːrd/ is a British-French turbojet-powered supersonic passenger jet airliner that was operated until 2003. It had a maximum speed over twice the speed of sound at Mach 2.04 (1,354 mph or 2,180 km/h at cruise altitude), with seating for 92 to 128 passengers. First flown in 1969, Concorde entered service in 1976 and continued flying for the next 27 years. It is one of only two supersonic transports to have been operated commercially; the other is the Soviet-built Tupolev Tu-144, which was operated for a much shorter period of time.
Concorde was jointly developed and manufactured by A�rospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) under an Anglo-French treaty. Concorde's name, meaning harmony or union, reflects the co-operation on the project between the United Kingdom and France. In the UK, any or all of the type are known simply as "Concorde", with no definite article the. Twenty aircraft were built including six prototypes and development aircraft. Air France (AF) and British Airways (BA) each received seven aircraft. The research and development failed to make a profit and the two then state-owned airlines bought the aircraft at a huge discount.
Among other destinations, Concorde flew regular transatlantic flights from London's Heathrow Airport and Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Washington Dulles International Airport and Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados; it flew these routes in less than half the time of other airliners. Over time, the aircraft became profitable when it found a customer base willing to pay for flights on what was, for most of its career, the fastest commercial airliner in the world. The aircraft has been regarded as an aviation icon, while it was also criticised for being uneconomical, and lacking a credible market.
Concorde was retired in 2003 after the type's only crash in 2000, as well as after a general downturn in the comm
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