Background to Concorde

Abstract

To simulate on the ground the highly variable conditions experienced during typical flights of the aircraft, BAC and RAE scientists built an environmental test rig based on a mock‐up of the forward 70ft of the supersonic transport. The wide range of temperatures experienced by the aircraft during a typical flight profile from taxiing, take‐off, subsonic climb and supersonic cruise to the sub‐sonic descent for landing‐were simulated inside the insulated test rig.

Citation

(1973), "Background to Concorde", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 45 No. 5, pp. 47-48. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb035028