Concorde
Nov 1, 2001 | 9:35 am
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Concorde
As I came out from doing the shopping, I looked up to see Concorde flying overhead. It's wonderful to see her back in the air again, although it looks like she now takes a different approach into LHR than she used to (as she never passed over my house before).
I was surprised to see that it had its gear lowered -- I'm about 20-25 miles out from Heathrow. Is gear-down at that distance standard practice for Concorde?
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I was surprised to see that it had its gear lowered -- I'm about 20-25 miles out from Heathrow. Is gear-down at that distance standard practice for Concorde?
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Nov 1, 2001 | 2:58 pm
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At what speed does the Concorde do its final approach? I think thats the information you need to determine if the landing gear was prematurely down or not.
Nov 2, 2001 | 1:21 am
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Concorde's final approach speed is about twice that of most commerical jets -- around 200mph. That'd put it about ten minutes out from LHR when it passed my house, which seems a little early to me.
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