| Autor: |
Thomas Filburn |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
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| Zdroj: |
Commercial Aviation in the Jet Era and the Systems that Make it Possible ISBN: 9783030201104 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-030-20111-1_12 |
| Popis: |
The Concorde represented a highlight of the British-French aviation collaboration. This Mach 2+ aircraft required numerous compromises to produce a commercial aircraft with the ability to service intercontinental routes. The delta wing design provides optimal lift and drag during the high-speed cruise portion of flight. Its low-speed lift characteristics meant that higher takeoff and landing speeds would be required vs. subsonic commercial aircraft. This chapter details the takeoff accident at Paris’s Charles De Gaulle airport that resulted in the loss of a Concorde. The ultimate root cause can be traced to the landing gear impacting a small piece of runway debris, generating a breach in one of the fuel tanks and fire that affected engines and the wing. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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