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Old 13th Mar 2015, 21:01
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Thanks Exwk, is it accurate that FL600 was the Concorde's regulated ceiling due to the time required to descend in the event of a depressurization or were there other factors involved ?


It sounds like you could get down pretty quickly when needed. I believe it was capable of higher altitudes and sometimes reached FL600 in cruise, I forget the highest achieved during flight test although that is probably in this thread !


Incidentally what was the envelope for using reverse ? Your description of it's operation makes it sound less than practical ?


Why was that ?


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