I would just point out that there is an E on the end of Concorde. I point this
out because you would not believe how much pain, effort and national pride went
into ensureing that the "E" was there. The British just decided that it would
stand for "excellence", "England", or "Engineering".
Julian
> from: Danrich <danrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:21:32
> to: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> subject: Re: [OM] OT photo ops
>
> Only reason there getting rid of the 20 years left Concord is because
> it's taking money from away from the sub sonic fleet, money, money,
> money
> XDan
>
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> In a model example of 1950s efficiency, there were two assembly lines
> required by the agreement. One was Toulouse and one Filton.
> The design was a heavily modified version of a Bristol concept. The
> french
> concept was for an even lower capacity aircraft which would have run out
> of
> fuel somewhere over Greenland.
> Parts were made in both countries, and others. The French had a larger
> airframe workshare to offset the fact that the Olympus engines were
> British.
> To get a bit of French claim on the engines, Bristol had to show Snecma
> how
> to make an afterburner for the Olympus so that they could "design" one
> for
> Concorde.
>
> Julian
> > IIRC, parts were made in both places, but final assembly was done in
> > Toulouse - so whilst the gestation was done in both Filton & Toulouse,
> the
> > birth was, technically, in Toulouse.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure Conception was done on our side of the ditch, though
> ;)
> >
> >
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