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Someone linked to this forum thread on another HN post: http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/423988-concorde-question.html http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/423988-conco

by Accacin 10y ago

Someone linked to this forum thread on another HN post: http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/423988-concorde-question.html http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/423988-concorde-question.html It's incredible interesting and various pilots and engineers turn up to share their stories.

cyberferret 10y ago
That is a magic thread on pprune. TONS of great info about the aircraft, and some really technical insights by guys who flew the things too. Warning: Grab a LARGE cup of coffee and bag of popcorn and be prepared to lose many hours reading through that (massive) 99 page thread.
parados 10y ago
That thread is re-mixed here, by subject, for your reading pleasure: https://paulross.github.io/pprune-concorde/docs/index.html https://paulross.github.io/pprune-concorde/docs/index.html
rwmj 10y ago
If you like that thread, I can really recommend this book: Concorde New Shape in the Sky by Kenneth Owen. There are two editions of the book. The first edition is super cheap (eg. 29p + postage: https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/cka/Concorde-New-Shape-Sky-Ken-Owen/0710602138 https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/cka/Concorde-New-Shape-Sky-Ken-Ow...). There was a second edition written after the 2000 accident in France, which is supposed to be a better version, but I have not read it because it's out of print and considerably more expensive.
- theoh 10y ago
  That is a very interesting book. Two things I remember: the statement that by the end of the engineering effort "everyone was exhausted and nobody was really in control" (paraphrasing slightly from memory) and a curious interview with a (British) engineer who was very concerned about keeping technologies proprietary at the national level--he seemed to be happy for UK firms to share know-how (as I believe is traditional, up to a point, in engineering culture) but god forbid it should be shared with another country's engineers. Shades of the Brexit mentality.
  - nickff 10y ago
    That "concern[] about keeping technologies proprietary at a national level" is very common for nationally-funded aerospace projects and research. Whether you think it is a good or bad idea, it is common, wide-spread, and long-running.

by Accacin 10y ago

cyberferret 10y ago

That is a magic thread on pprune. TONS of great info about the aircraft, and some really technical insights by guys who flew the things too. Warning: Grab a LARGE cup of coffee and bag of popcorn and be prepared to lose many hours reading through that (massive) 99 page thread.

parados 10y ago

That thread is re-mixed here, by subject, for your reading pleasure: https://paulross.github.io/pprune-concorde/docs/index.html https://paulross.github.io/pprune-concorde/docs/index.html

rwmj 10y ago

If you like that thread, I can really recommend this book: Concorde New Shape in the Sky by Kenneth Owen. There are two editions of the book. The first edition is super cheap (eg. 29p + postage: https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/cka/Concorde-New-Shape-Sky-Ken-Owen/0710602138 https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/cka/Concorde-New-Shape-Sky-Ken-Ow...). There was a second edition written after the 2000 accident in France, which is supposed to be a better version, but I have not read it because it's out of print and considerably more expensive.

theoh 10y ago
That is a very interesting book. Two things I remember: the statement that by the end of the engineering effort "everyone was exhausted and nobody was really in control" (paraphrasing slightly from memory) and a curious interview with a (British) engineer who was very concerned about keeping technologies proprietary at the national level--he seemed to be happy for UK firms to share know-how (as I believe is traditional, up to a point, in engineering culture) but god forbid it should be shared with another country's engineers. Shades of the Brexit mentality.
- nickff 10y ago
  That "concern[] about keeping technologies proprietary at a national level" is very common for nationally-funded aerospace projects and research. Whether you think it is a good or bad idea, it is common, wide-spread, and long-running.