was for the first time exceeded by the fighter F-100 Super Sabre in the straight line excursion for Mach1

 

   
   
it managed to fly constantly the military plane Lockheed F-104 for a long time with Mach2.

 

   
   
was through Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) set up the commission for ultrasonic aviation, those the evolution of the ultrasonic aviation led to Great Britain.

 

   
   

could the commission submit two propositions of supersonic aircraft with which a further development was promising in Great Britain:
1.
a 100sitziges aeroplane with a speed of Mach 1,5 (1.482 k.p.h) and a range of 2.778 km
2.
a 150sitziges aeroplane with a speed of Mach 1,8 (2.222 k.p.h) and a range of 6.482 km The aviation department of Great Britain assigned tasks for further development of the long-distance flight stuff.

The allocation of a common evolution study to Hawker-Siddeley Aviation Ltd. and Bristol Aircraft Ltd. it among other things led to the following results:
1.
That through Hawker-Siddeley Aviation Ltd. examined for proposition to integrate the trunk of the aeroplane into the wings, proved itself as lesser successful as that through Bristol Aircraft Ltd. examined variant with a trunk separate by the wings.
2.
A design draft no. first, Bristol Typ 198: an aeroplane with slim delta wings - 6 Olympus-Strahltriebwerken which one among the wings an inserted were - a passenger capacity of 130 visitors - a range over Atlantic - and a start emphasis of 172365 kg.

The government caused objection concerning the high emphasis, the efficiency of the 6 turbo-engines and the construction of the air intakes to give the evolution of a less aeroplane in task. The result it was the Bristol type 223: an aeroplane with a passenger number of 100 visitors - a range over Atlantic - 4 Olympus-Triebwerke - and a maximum of one. starting emphasis of 113398 kg. These drafts come alone from Great Britain.

The design task assigned in 1960 to BASIC ADMINISTRATION CENTER with which the edition existed to test the possibility of an international investment at the project through the government.

Here one of the main drawing offices of BASIC ADMINISTRATION CENTER

 
   

 

   
   
BAC had brought the proposition of a co-operation to America, Germany and France. The French society, the firm broth-Aviation, had co-operation been ready to one, yet on the condition of that two different types of aircraft should become developed.

Propositions for long stretching and medium-range aircraft which however basic differences of draft problems during the solution showed were then expressed in 1961 from BASIC ADMINISTRATION CENTER and Sud-Aviation.

 

   
   
September
One had already at that time agreed itself so far, the on the BASIC ADMINISTRATION CENTER state, while a model of aeroplane of the planned supersonic aircraft could be shown to the aviation show in Farnborough, that a lot of looking up excited at the press and in the public.

October
A small office was furnished in Paris. The English chief engineer Bill drafts common to rope, the technical director of Sud-Aviation Lucien Servanty and a technical draughtsman had the task, for a long stretch- and to develop a medium-range aircraft.

November
A contract document was from the British budget minister in London and the French ambassador in England signed. Both governments obliged themselves in to finance the evolution and the building of a supersonic aircraft. All costs, all investments, all works and all sales profits should be divided.

Work was divided up. The technical team it worked on the boundaries of the technical one "know-how". That was for a longer time, more extensively and more precisely Concorde-Programm with a laborious ground investigation programme and to the 5.000 hours in the wind tunnel than every other evolution programme for an airliner.

The examination of the basic concept of the aeroplane required test time in the wind tunnel more than 5.000 hours.
 
   

 

   
   
The naming, the proposition to mention the aeroplane "Concorde" occurred on a Sunday afternoon on a private celebration in the house of one of the BAC directors.

The project first had two names: the British government decided "Concord" as the correct spelling and France "Concorde".

The former British minister of technique said later once, that the only discrepancy between Great Britain and France during the years of co-operation, only in the "e" at the end that Concorde existed. And he decided, that too in Great Britain from now on Concorde written with a "e" would be supposed be.

 

   
   
A market analysis became necessary. In such a way, sale teams went on the trip and presented that Concorde the large air carriers before. The general impression which the sale teams won: "Geht back to your sign board and returns if your supersonic aircraft has matured really!". Nevertheless undertook some aviation societies options for that Concorde.

This woke gently that pass away ultrasonic projects of the Americans. President Kennedy then explained the intention of his government to support the American aircraft industry in the evolution and production of a supersonic aircraft briefly, the however larger and more rapid as that Concorde would be supposed be. Already two or three years after that Concorde should be put into operation it:
Competition for that Concorde???
Great Britain and France put the announcement into terrors. Not however, the technicians. In their forecasts via the American ultrasonic problems were right that Concordekonstrukteure quite kept. The American programme forced the draft problems for the task.

This Concorde could never fly: a built at original size Concorde, around Innen equipment to represent the seats and the galley tridimensionally.
 
   

 

   
   
The result of the first development phase, now the first metal figuration was begun in the case of first preliminary designs 1961/62 for the preproduction model in April 1965.

Inside opinion of the first preproduction model that Concorde while assembling
 
   

 

   
   
The second stage of the evolution of an ultrasonic passenger plane now began - the aeroplane was had to be brought into air.

Great insecurity was at the original time: the Labourregierung that had come to Great Britain in October 1964 to power had announced, the evolution programme that Concorde to "ueberpruefen". The contract of 1962 contained no notice stipulation. In February 1965, the government explained that the project in accordance with the contract would be continued.

Concordes while assembling in the gigantic hall of the BASIC ADMINISTRATION CENTER factory in Filton.
 
   

 

   
   
Parallel to the draft work for the pre-production aeroplane the two preproduction models were 001 in Toulouse and 002 in Filton gebaut.Die work joined in headwa however not so how one had expected.

In December 1967, first preproduction model 001 from the production hall rolled in Toulouse. The resonance of the public was more than expect positive. However a lot of work was still before the old maid flight. Ground checks lasting for months were had to be carried out still

The preproduction model, completely for rolling to a standstill from the manufacturing hall in Toulouse in December 1967
 
   

 

   
   
Start that Concorde 001
Saturday, the 1st one March 1969 was THE day for that Concorde, on this day should occur the very first flight. Visitors of aviation societies and hunderte from journalists from the whole world had arrived itself in Toulouse. However the flight was had to be postponed to the nearest day because of strong fog.

The 2nd March was a Sunday morning. The spectator crowd could observe, how pre-flight inspections carried out and the 4 Olympustriebwerke started were. Fire-fighting vehicles and rescue teams were provided. Then rolled that Concorde under loud din to the runway. Accompanied from a Mirage climbed that Concorde for the first time into the blue sky.
The flight lasted only 40 minutes. The Andre Turcat pilot and his crew set the 001 to the ground again. Certainly landed! It broke off applause and one smiled in a facilitated manner everywhere and tears had many a one in the eyes.

Start that Concorde 002
the first flight of built in England one 002 found at the 9th April 1969 instead of. The second Fly was as successful as the first one.

The first preproduction model collected in England that Concorde 002 at the start in Filton.
 
   

 

   
   
The flight test programme now began with it, which one with 7 Concordes carried out would be supposed be. The four first Concordes were pure test aeroplanes that rather than laboratories could be designated. Each bore test instruments electronic for instance 12 tons.

At the 1st one October 1969 was the first one supersonic aircraft with that Concorde carried out at a rate of Mach1. The flight of the ultrasonic field lasted 9 minutes.

 

   
   
In November, both aeroplanes within few days for the first time achieved air speed from Mach2 which could now also be flown over longer distances as speed.

That Concorde 001 over the Pyrenees during a test flight.
 
   

 

   
   
That Concorde 001 carried out the first intercontinental flights:
24. May
of Toulouse to Dakar.
25. May
of Dakar according to line terminating unit Bourget for the aviation show (Paris) (4.000 kms in 2h 52min - from that, 2h 7min supersonic speed).
4.September
presentation tour after South America (Rio DE Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires).

The American ultrasonic project was stopped for good in March.

 

   
   
At the 2nd June was that Concorde sent 002 on a world trip 73.000 kms long. That 30 days tour led through the middle and the far east and to Australia. Attended to the start in Fairford that Concorde 14 airports in 12 countries. Athens, Teheran, Bombay, Bangkok, Singapore, Manila, Tokio, Darwin, Sidney and Melbourne were required for that and other as a cusp. Hundreds people had come, around itself that Concorde look and gaze.

That Concorde 002 during their world trip on the Haneda-Flughafen of Tokyo.
 
   

 

   
   
The flight test programme went on running. An important event was the old maid flight of the fourth Concorde 002 on the 10th January of Toulose. By the new Olympus 593 jet engine could be loosened final the problem of the too strong formation of smoke.

Defiance of vigorous efforts of the distribution experts ran the sale that Concordes sluggish. At the 31st January finally deleted PanAm its options onto the supersonic aircraft.

At the 30th June 1973 could the ability that Concorde 001, constantly used in the ultrasonic field to fly for scientific investigations may be. Seven scientists could observe the total eclipse for a long time 74 mins. To the start in Las Palmas chased that Concorde rear the moon shadow over Africa up to the Chad lake her.

Through the rate that Concorde had to observe scientist 74 mins, the eclipse.
 
   

 

   
   

After 15 years took that Concorde at 21.Januar 1976 final their line service London - New York in the case of British Airways open. That was development time twice so much as it was predicted at beginning the project.

Except for the Air France and the BOAC have no further airlines that Concorde included into its air fleet. Only 14 serial machines were built.

Nevertheless, that Concorde is a beautiful dream that lets the continents move more narrowly. Have inserted and fought respect everything, that itself for this dream.

 

   
   

Misfortune nevertheless tragic after 24 years then a first.

One of the German shipping trade Deilmann for the flight for a cruise chartered Concorde never arrives in New York. At 25.Juli 2000, around 16.45 o'clock, two minutes to the start assail that from the Pariser airport Charles DE Gaulles started Concorde off, parts of it onto a hotel standing near the airport.

In this case, 113 people in total lose their life. 96 Germans, 2 Danes, 1 American and an Austrian were among the passengers. Furthermore, 9 French livestock members and four people died in the hotel to which parts of the airplane fell.

Witnesses reported the left jet engine would catch light immediately after answering. The supersonic aircraft would still cross the close sited motorway at unusually low height and centesimal degree chimney would descend at a height of about 50 meters over the ground in the Pariser suburb.

In result whose adjust the French and British airlines the flights with the ultrasonic machines.
 
   

 

   
   

In November sweeps up that Concorde again into air back, in France above all on urges of politics.

Million were plugged into amplified fuel tanks, tires developed again and modern equipment. According to misfortune, the former passenger numbers are achieved nonetheless never again.

 

   
   

At the 10th April is the message published, the British Airways and Air France from financial reasons flying with that Concorde to the 1st one Adjust November.

Already the crash that Concorde at the 25th In Paris July 2000 led to a drop of the passenger numbers. The drastic loss of the passenger numbers according to the assaults of the 11th September into New York, increasing maintenance costs and a breakdown series in the case of Air France and British Airways further impairs the situation. Since beginning Iraq war, the utilization of the jet had fallen to 20 percent. She was first at about 50 percent.

Air France currently has another five and British Airways another seven the elegant passenger jets in service.

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