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Did you know that the Vulcan's engines were developed into the engines that powered Concorde?
by powderpig 6y ago
Did you know that the Vulcan's engines were developed into the engines that powered Concorde?
- quelsolaar 6y agoYeah, but it wasn't the most straightforward way to go about building a supersonic airliner. The sad thing is that the Vulcan was one of three submission to The UK government to build a long range bomber. The military wanted the Vulcan, but it was seen as risky due to its advanced technology. So they orderd the Vulcan and the Victor, a less risky design as backup. Then they got cold feet and orderd the Valiant too just in case. So they ended up designing 3 entirely different planes with the same Mission profile. Oh, yes then they bought some B-29 Just in case....
- patentatt 6y agoWasteful, sure. But who here isn’t familiar with triple redundancy for mission critical applications? And what’s more mission critical during the Cold War?
- hermitcrab 6y agoMore Vulcan trivia: The pilot and co-pilot has ejector seats. The other 3 crew had basically zero chance of bailing out.