Aircraft Data for: Aerospatiale Concorde - | Updated: Jan. 22nd 2009 |
| Summary: | The Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde aircraft was a supersonic delta-winged passenger airliner operated by British Airways and Air France. At Mach 2.02 a New York - London flight averaged just under 3.5 hours - twice as fast as any other airliner | | |
Country of origin: UK / France
First flight: 1969
No. built: 20
Crew: 3
Passengers: 92
- 120
| | | | Power: | 4 x Rolls Royce Olympus 593 series (32000 - 38050 lbf) turbojet engines |
| | Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 Mk 610 afterburning turbojets |
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| Dimensions: |
| Length: | | 202 ft. 4 in.
| | Wing Span: | | 84 ft. 0 in.
| | Height: | | 40 ft. 0 in.
| | Empty Weight: | | 173,500 lbs.
| | Max. Weight: | | 412,000 lbs.
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| | | Performance: |
| Max. speed: | | 1,450
mph (Mach 2.2)
| | Cruise speed: | | 1,320
mph (Mach 2.02)
| | Ceiling: | | 60,000 ft.
| | Normal range: | | 3,000
nm | | Max. range: | | 3,900
nm |
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Operator Data for: British Airways (BA / BAW Callsign: Speedbird) | Updated: Nov. 18th 2008 |
| Summary: | British Airways is the national airline and flag carrier of the United Kingdom. Founded in 1974 when BEA and BOAC were merged forming today’s British Airways. It further expanded with the acquisition of British Caledonian in 1988 | | |
Alliance: Oneworld
Based in: United Kingdom
Headquarters: London
| | | | Statistics: |
Fleet Size: 244
Destinations: 220
Year Founded: 1974
| | | | Major Hubs: |
London Heathrow Airport, London Gatwick Airport, London City Airport
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Location Data for: East Midlands Airport (EMA / EGNX) | Updated: Jan. 23rd 2009 |
| Summary: | East Midlands Airport primarily operates scheduled flights by low fare airlines EasyJet, bmibaby and Ryanair. The second largest freight airport in the UK with DHL having a large purpose built facility and TNT & UPS also operating many flights | | |
Class: Civil
Operator: Manchester Airports Group
Opened: 1965
| | | | Statistics: |
Commercial movements: 61,496 (2007)
Passengers: 5.62 million (2008)
Cargo: 0.3 million tons (2007)
| | | | Location: |
Castle Donington,
Leicestershire,
United Kingdom Elevation: 306 ft. | | |
| Runways: |
| Direction | | Length | | Surface | | Notes |
| 09/27 | |
9494 ft. |
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