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==Specifications== [[File:Concorde v1.0.png|thumb|Other line drawings of Concorde]] [[File:Concorde G-BOAC.png|thumb|Concorde G-BOAC]] {{Aircraft specs |ref= ''The Wall Street Journal'',<ref name="fliengi">{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB106504293992222300?mod=googlewsj |title=Final Boarding Call: As Concorde Departs, so do 3-Man Crews: In New Cockpits, Engineers are seen as Extra Baggage |work=The Wall Street Journal |first=Danial |last=Michaels |date=2 October 2003 |access-date=3 August 2017 |archive-date=5 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005000348/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB106504293992222300?mod=googlewsj |url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Concorde Story'',{{sfn|Kelly|2005|p=52}} ''The International Directory of Civil Aircraft'',{{sfn|Frawley|2003|p=14}} ''Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde 1969 onwards (all models)''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leney |first1=David |last2=Macdonald <!-- Not a mistake: it's consistently printed as Macdonald in the book, not MacDonald --> |first2=David |title=Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde 1969 onwards (all models) |publisher=Haynes Publishing |location=Sparkford, Somerset |date= 2020 |isbn=978-1-84425-818-5 }}</ref> |prime units?= imp <!-- General characteristics --> |genhide= |crew= 3 (2 pilots and 1 [[flight engineer]]) |capacity= 92–120 passengers <br/>(128 in high-density layout) |length m = 61.66 |length note= |span m= 25.6 |span note= |height m= 12.2 |height note= |wing area sqm= 358.25 |wing area note= |airfoil= |empty weight kg= 78,700 |gross weight kg= 111,130 |gross weight note= |max takeoff weight kg= 185,070 |fuel capacity= {{convert|210940|lb|kg|abbr=on}}; {{cvt|119600|L}} |more general= * '''Fuselage internal length:''' {{convert|129|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} * '''Fuselage width:''' maximum of {{convert|9|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}} external, {{convert|8|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} internal * '''Fuselage height:''' maximum of {{convert|10|ft|10|in|m |abbr=on}} external, {{convert|6|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}} internal * '''Maximum taxiing weight:''' {{convert|412000|lb|kg|abbr=on}} <!-- Powerplant --> |eng1 number= 4 |eng1 name= [[Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593]] Mk 610 |eng1 type= [[turbojet]]s with [[reheat]] |eng1 lbf=31000 |eng1 kn= 140 |eng1 note= |power original= |thrust original= |eng1 kn-ab= 169 |eng1 lbf-ab= 38,050 <!-- Performance --> |perfhide= |max speed kmh= 2,179 |max speed note= |max speed mach= 2.04 (temperature limited) <!-- temperature limited is relevant, since most aircraft are limited in speed by power or aerodynamics: Concorde is unusual in that is has the power and aerodynamics to go faster --> |cruise speed kmh= 2,158 |cruise speed note= |stall speed kmh= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kmh= |never exceed speed note= |minimum control speed kmh= |minimum control speed note= |range km= 7,222.8 |range note= |endurance=<!-- if range unknown --> |ceiling m= 18,300 |ceiling note= |climb rate ms= 17–25 |climb rate note= at sea level<ref>{{cite journal |title=First Concorde Supersonic Transport Flies |date=17 March 1969 |pages=284 |url=http://aviationweek.com/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/02/1969-%20First%20Concorde%20Flight%20%281%20of%202%29.pdf |access-date=27 January 2019 |journal= Aviation Week & Space Technology |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220202734/http://aviationweek.com/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/02/1969-%20First%20Concorde%20Flight%20%281%20of%202%29.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Concorde Airframe |url=https://www.heritageconcorde.com/airframe-performance |website=Heritage Concorde |access-date=27 January 2019 |language=en |archive-date=28 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128030455/https://www.heritageconcorde.com/airframe-performance |url-status=live}}</ref> |time to altitude= |lift to drag= ''Low speed–'' 3.94; ''Approach–'' 4.35; ''250 kn, 10,000 ft–'' 9.27; ''Mach 0.94–'' 11.47, ''Mach 2.04–'' 7.14 |wing loading kg/m2= |wing loading note= |disk loading kg/m2= |disk loading note= |fuel consumption kg/km= 13.2 |power/mass= |thrust/weight= 0.373 |more performance= * '''Maximum [[Heat shield|nose tip temperature]]:''' {{convert|127|°C|°F+K|abbr=on|sigfig=2}} * '''[[Runway]] requirement''' (with maximum load): {{convert|3600|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asiatraveltips.com/travelnews2001/17October2001AirFrance.htm|title=Extremely Comprehensive Concorde Relaunch Kit from Air France|date=17 October 2001|website=Travel News Asia|access-date=13 January 2014|archive-date=13 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113203252/http://www.asiatraveltips.com/travelnews2001/17October2001AirFrance.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> |avionics= * [[Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593#Intake|Digital Air Intake Control Units]] * Fly by wire flight controls * Analogue electronic engine controls * Triple [[inertial navigation unit]]s, one per flight crew * Dual [[VHF omnidirectional range]] instruments * Dual [[automatic direction finder]] instruments * Dual [[distance measuring equipment]] instruments * Triple [[Delco Carousel]] Inertial Navigation Units<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heritageconcorde.com/pilots-instruments |title=Concorde Pilots Instruments |website=Heritage Concorde |access-date=22 January 2025}}</ref> * Dual [[instrument landing system]]s * Automatic flight control system with dual [[autopilot]]s, [[autothrottle]]s, and [[Flight director (aeronautics)|flight directors]]: full autoland capability with visibility limits {{convert|250|m|ft|abbr=on}} horizontally, {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}} decision height * [[Ekco]] E390/564 weather radar<ref>{{cite periodical|title=Concorde|periodical=Interavia|volume=24|date=1969|page=397}}</ref> * Radio altimeters <!-- Radio altimeter is the precise term used in the Haynes book --> }}
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