It's my understanding that the Tu-144 did require reheat to maintain supersonic cruise, unlike Concorde. Is that right.

cheers for that i would have loved to fly on concorde but as theres not much time left and im still at college i dont really have the funds

cheers again

vikki

Bin there, done that got the Tee shirt and the cert signed by the Captain, 6 years ago ,, AND I STILL HAVE THE SMILE ON MY FACE.
WORDS ALONE DON'T DO JUSTICE TO THIS FINE PIECE OF KIT THAT THE YANKS WANTED BUT COULDN'T BUILD!

WILL BE A SAD, SAD DAY WHEN THE LAST ONE LANDS:{ :{

25F. It is confirmed that the TU-144 required constant re-heat to maintain supersonic cruise.

I heard this from the Captain of G-BOAC last Friday, during the cruise. ;) [Ducks to avoid waves of jealousy]

Sorry guys but the best place to see the old bird is still in the tower.

P7

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<<Sorry guys but the best place to see the old bird is still in the tower>>
Disagree <G> - my neighbour owns an MoT garage just beyond the car parks at the 27R threshold. 09L departures, particularly in the recent hot weather, are very impressive!

NoD

I cannot substantiate this, but I was told by a friend who was working on Concorde during its production that the U.S. had tried to obtain the info on the Concorde intake ramps to apply it to the Rockwell B.1, and had been refused.
That is why the B.1 never reached its projected (very high) speed and stayed as is (Mach 1.7-ish I think).