In 1962 British and French Governments committed funds for the design, testing and production of a supersonic airliner. Fourteen were completed. These aircraft are currently in their sixteenth year of passenger service and, judged on their reliability, have carved out a niche in the air transport market. Behind this success lay the problems of maintaining a radically different aircraft that operates in a radically different environment.


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    Title :

    Concorde, Fifteen Years on the Front Line


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Aerospace Technology Conference and Exposition ; 1991



    Publication date :

    1991-09-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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