Just because I am so curious, what speed and profile would be used when flying the circuit? I came across a figure somewhere saying minimum V2+50 (with 250 kts suggested); was that maintained all the way to final, and did that not make for some very large circuits?
Rather amazing that the circuit speed of the Concorde would be more than twice the cruise speed of what I fly...
And also, could the Concorde handle something like, say, a destination where the only instrument approach would be a full procedure non-precision approach with a 185 kt max base turn? Or a SID where the initial turn would be made 10 miles out at maximum 210 kt?
Trivia questions, I know, but this plane and everything about it is just so fascinating!
