Maxium number of Passengers
(certified) 128
Normal number of Passengers
(with current cabin layouts) 100 (British Airways)
92 (Air France)
Normal Flight Crew 3
(Captain, Co -pilot & Flight Engineer)
Max Flight Crew 5
(Captain, Co -pilot, Flight Engineer & 2 Observers)
Maximum Flight Attendants 6
2006-12-04 10:44:29
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answer #1
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answered by MC 7
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Air France Concorde
HOLDS 100 Passengers and 9 Crew legally. You could easily fit a few more on...
Here are the other Specs from Wiki:
(ONLY 20 WERE MADE)
Type Supersonic airliner
Manufacturer Aérospatiale-BAC
Maiden flight 2 March 1969
Introduced 21 January 1976
Retired 26 November 2003
Primary users British Airways
Air France
Number built 20
Unit cost £23 million (US$46 million) in 1977
Crew: 9
Capacity: 100 passengers
Length: 202 ft 4 in[34] (61.66 m)
Wingspan: 84 ft 0 in (25.6 m)
Height: 40 ft 0 in (12.2 m)
Fuselage internal length: 129 ft 0 in (39.32 m)
Fuselage max external width: 9 ft 5 in (2.88 m)
Fuselage max internal width: 8 ft 7 in (2.63 m)
Fuselage max external height: 10 ft 10 in (3.32 m)
Fuselage max internal height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Wing area: 3,856 ft² (358.25 m² )
Lift/drag ratio: Low speed- 3.94, Approach- 4.35, 250 knots, 10,000 ft- 9.27, Mach 0.94- 11.47, Mach 2.04- 7.14))
Empty weight: 173,500 lb (78,700 kg)
Useful load: 245,000 lb (111,130 kg)
Powerplant: 4× Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 Mk 610 afterburning turbojets
Dry thrust: 32,000 lbf dry (140 kN)
Thrust with afterburner: 38,050 lbf (169 kN) each
2006-12-04 10:40:01
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answered by Anonymous
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I remember reading someplace that it could carry 115 passengers. They had trouble selling tickets, because of the high price. There were very few airports it could fly in and out of. Due to the high maintenance of the planes , few passengers that could afford to fly on this plane and limited airports it could service, the company could not stay in business.
2006-12-04 10:56:38
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answered by Anonymous
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* Double-delta (ogee/ogival) shaped wings
* Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus turbojet engines with reheat (afterburners) and variable inlet ramps
* Supercruise capability
* Thrust-by-wire engines, predecessor of today's FADEC-controlled engines
* Droop-nose section for improved visibility in landing
For weight-saving and enhanced performance:
* Mach 2.04 for optimum fuel consumption (supersonic drag minimum, although turbojet engines are more efficient at high speed)
* Mainly aluminium construction for low weight and relatively conventional manufacture (higher speeds would have ruled out aluminium)
* Full-regime autopilot and autothrottle allowing "hands off" control of the aircraft from climb out to landing
* Fully electrically controlled analogue fly-by-wire flight controls systems
* Multifunction flight control surfaces
* High-pressure hydraulic system of 28 MPa (4,000 lbf/in²) for lighter hydraulic systems components
* Fully electrically controlled analogue brake-by-wire system
* Pitch trim by shifting fuel around the fuselage for centre-of-gravity control
* Parts milled from single alloy billet reducing the part-number count
[edit] Trivia
* In transatlantic flight, Concorde travelled more than twice as fast as other aircraft, and other aircraft frequently appeared to be flying backwards.
* Concorde had restrictions on its livery; the majority of the surface had to be white to avoid overheating the aluminium structure due to the supersonic heating effects of Mach 2.[26] In 1996, however, Air France briefly painted F-BTSD in a predominantly blue livery (with the exception of its wings) as part of a promotional deal with Pepsi Cola. In this paint scheme, Air France were advised to remain at Mach 2 for no more than twenty minutes at a time, but there was no restriction at speeds under Mach 1.7. F-BTSD was chosen for the promotion because she was not then scheduled to operate any long flights that would require extended Mach 2 operations.[27]
* On all the Concordes that had a supersonic flight before retirement, the flight engineers placed their hats in the gap that appears at high speed between the console and the bulkhead before it cooled, where the hats remain to this day. However, in the case of the Seattle museum's Concorde, a protruding cap was cut off by a thief in an apparent attempt to steal it, leaving a part behind. An amnesty led to the severed cap being returned; the museum has been examining options to reattach it in some way.
* Due to turbojet engines being highly inefficient at low speeds, Concorde burned two tonnes of fuel taxiing to the runway.[28] After landing, only the two outer engines were run to conserve fuel because the full 152,200 lb of thrust (677 kN) was not required. A Concorde once ran out of fuel taxiing back to the terminal after a flight; the pilot was sacked. [29]
* The delta-shaped wings allowed Concorde to attain a higher angle of attack than conventional aircraft, as it allowed the formation of large low pressure vortices over the entire upper wing surface, maintaining lift. It is this low pressure which caused Concorde to disappear into a bank of fog on humid days. These only formed at low air speeds, meaning that during the initial climb out and throughout the approach, Concorde would experience light turbulence and buffeting.
* Throughout the entire approach, Concorde was on the "back side" of the drag curve.
* Braniff International pilots flew both AF and BA Concordes (10 in total).
* During the multi-venue Live Aid, when famine relief concerts were held on 13 July 1985, pop star Phil Collins flew a Concorde from London so that he could perform at both venues (London and Philadelphia) on the same day.
* Concorde travelled, per passenger, 17 miles for each gallon of fuel (mpg)[30] (an efficiency of 20 litres per hundred kilometres (l/100km)). This is comparable to a Gulfstream G550 business jet (~16 mpg or 18 l/100km per passenger)[31], but much larger than, say a Boeing 747-400 (~91 mpg or 3.1 l/100km per passenger)[32]
* Concorde's cruising speed exceeded the top speed of the terminator. It was possible to take off from London just after sunset and see the sun rise in the west on the way to America.
* Concorde flew fast enough that the weight of everyone onboard was temporarily reduced by about 1% when flying east. This was due to centrifugal effects since the airspeed added to the rotation speed of the Earth. Flying west, the weight increased by a smaller amount (about 0.3%), because it cancelled out the normal rotation, and, with it, the normal centrifugal force and replaced it with a smaller rotation in the opposite direction.[33]
* Concorde also flew high enough that the weight of everyone onboard was reduced by an additional 0.6% due to the increased distance from the centre of the Earth.
* The speed of sound varies greatly with the air temperature, meaning that if Concorde entered a warm pocket of air, her speed could increase from Mach 2.0 to more than Mach 2.04, without her actual velocity changing. The speed of sound is around 332 m/s at standard temperature and pressure.
[edit] Specifications
General characteristics
* Crew: 9
* Capacity: 100 passengers
* Length: 202 ft 4 in[34] (61.66 m)
* Wingspan: 84 ft 0 in (25.6 m)
* Height: 40 ft 0 in (12.2 m)
* Fuselage internal length: 129 ft 0 in (39.32 m)
* Fuselage max external width: 9 ft 5 in (2.88 m)
* Fuselage max internal width: 8 ft 7 in (2.63 m)
* Fuselage max external height: 10 ft 10 in (3.32 m)
* Fuselage max internal height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
* Wing area: 3,856 ft² (358.25 m² )
* Lift/drag ratio: Low speed- 3.94, Approach- 4.35, 250 knots, 10,000 ft- 9.27, Mach 0.94- 11.47, Mach 2.04- 7.14))
* Empty weight: 173,500 lb (78,700 kg)
* Useful load: 245,000 lb (111,130 kg)
* Powerplant: 4× Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 Mk 610 afterburning turbojets
o Dry thrust: 32,000 lbf dry (140 kN)
o Thrust with afterburner: 38,050 lbf (169 kN) each
Performance
* Maximum speed: Mach 2.04 (1,350 mph, 2,170 km/h)
* Range: 3,900 nm (4,500 mi, 7,250 km)
* Service ceiling: 60,000 ft (18,300 m)
* Rate of climb: 1,525 m (5,000 ft)/min (25,41 m/s)
* Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
* Thrust/weight: .373
* Fuel consumption: 46.85 lb/mi (13.2 kg/km)
* Maximum nose tip temperature: 260 °F (127 °C)
2006-12-04 10:42:04
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answered by Brandon A 2
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