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Data from an actual Concorde flight shows slowdown-to-land of around 45 mins, so around the same as a regular flight. http://www.blodtandsmidigt.com/concordepr
by robotresearcher 11y ago
Data from an actual Concorde flight shows slowdown-to-land of around 45 mins, so around the same as a regular flight.
http://www.blodtandsmidigt.com/concordeprofiles.html http://www.blodtandsmidigt.com/concordeprofiles.html
- Retric 11y agoYes, but if the Concorde slows from Mach 2 to 0 over 45 mins then it's average may be ~mach 1. Which is faster than the average velocity of a normal 747. Granted, if the Concorde shows up and needs to circle the airport for 20 minutes then that's the same delay.
- robotresearcher 11y agoThose data show slowdown to subsonic over the first 10-15 mins of that period.
- Retric 11y agoIt also shows fairly linear acceleration to Mach 2 over the first 30 minutes of flight and very rapid deceleration from Mach 2 to Mach 1. Which IMO suggests they could use a different decent profile.