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Old 27th Jun 2018, 01:10
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vapilot2004
 
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Concorde: I've watched this lovely gal takeoff and land and have visited her in a decommissioned state, but have never taken flight, so this news is most welcome. I understand for power, they are looking at using a turbine core that will be cocooned at speed and altitude allowing a ramjet to take over. Another surprising change is the planned lack of reheat until well aloft.

Our hypersonic expertise gained through the Blackbird programme will no doubt be helpful, but I also wonder if there are Concorde engineers that might also participate?
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