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By PeteSpencer
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#1851337
A4 Pacific wrote:
The true story is that BA pilots were sent out during flights


Who exactly do you imagine gets to ‘send’ pilots out of the flight deck during flights? :roll:

Just to ask customers how much they paid for their tickets! :lol: :lol: :lol:


Semantics: :roll:

Peter
Former Duxford Concorde DAS Volunteer Steward : Met several Ex Concorde Captains during my long hours pontificating to the great unwashed: needed to have facts straight to satisfy smart-ar se questions, usually from Americans.
(Any ex Concorde captains out there now?)
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By Genghis the Engineer
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#1851341
G-JWTP wrote:Says it all really,

G-JWTP

There's a mention for a forum ite too.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57361193


I think that certain BBC news editors have said forumite on speed dial these days! Still, hopefully he speaks less nonsense than a certain past editor of Flight, who is the other "usual suspect" on BBC speed dial.

G
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By Cessna571
#1851407
Paul_Sengupta wrote:
Dave W wrote:Careful now!


Nice to see them start with the TSR2 and work up.


Is it a coincidence that the TSR2 at Duxford is parked directly next to Concorde?

Did they measure both while they were there ?
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By PeteSpencer
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#1851414
Cessna571 wrote:
Paul_Sengupta wrote:
Dave W wrote:Careful now!


Nice to see them start with the TSR2 and work up.


Is it a coincidence that the TSR2 at Duxford is parked directly next to Concorde?

Did they measure both while they were there ?


Not forgetting the Vulcan alongside the TSR2 :roll:
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By johnm
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#1851423
For some reason there are Vulcans lying about all over the place........
By Crash one
#1851429
So we appear to have a supersonic aircraft running on used chip fat that doesn’t produce any carbon emissions, the American sonic bang is not as loud as a British sonic bang.
Seat prices will be the same as Easy Jet for the great unwashed.
Brilliant, give that man a coconut! :D
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By Rob P
#1851466
Dave W wrote:The most obvious link between TSR2 and Concorde is the Olympus engine


A unit that once powered a Vulcan

Rob P
By Red
#1851478
I think this announcement has more to do with United's share prices and Boom's investor appeal than anything solid...yes im a cynical old ***
By Bill McCarthy
#1851489
The Olympus engines powered most of our warships, ( including the carriers ) once the age of steam had passed. A spare engine was always hung up in the engineroom as a spare. The gearbox clagged on to them was the size of a bliddy house ! Bristol Siddeley were ahead of the game in the early days.
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