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Many thanks for the info, very informative.
Just a couple more general interest questions:
How does the fuel flow compare at un-reheated supersonic cruise with subsonic cruise flows?
What sort of level (or longitude) are you back subsonic when descending inbound. On the radar it looks fairly soon after passing our boundary at 8 degrees west.
I think the best chance of helping ATC without penalising Concorde, would be
a small adjustment to the inbound route to take Concorde Barix – Numpo or once subsonic direct Numpo, (then Nigit – Ock, which is the standard routing on the Ock star from UP4), enabling it to be vectored away from the west bounds and integrated more quickly into the east bound flow.
This would help Brecon and Bristol sectors, add very little track mileage, whilst giving Concorde a higher chance of remaining at FL370 until the optimum descent point.
I’ll trawl the idea at Latcc, and if there is a consensus of opinion (between ATCO’s!) in favour , will ask the powers that be to make a formal approach to BA.
Any Bristol/Brecon/Strumble bods care to comment, I think it’s safe to remove tin hat. Doh!
A Concorde document for ATCO’s would be an excellent idea, our information on Concorde hasn’t been updated much since the aircraft was first introduced. Most of the information new trainees get is word of mouth, there is little printed material, apart from the actual train of events that have to be action once Concorde is on its way in or out.
I agree I think we’ve probably got as far as we can for now in this type of forum,
I’ve got a much clearer idea of how it behaves operationally,
Many, many thanks for your help,
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