Although you wont be allowed to climb into the pilots seats we want to preserve this aviation monument , the tour guide takes guests in pairs onto the flight deck for a quick look around. Nothing has changed since the last day she flew.
You will only get this close up view of the unique Concorde nose visor from the access steps on the guided tour. The visor provides a streamlined aerodynamic nose for supersonic flight as pictured , but for take-off and landings the aircraft flies with a very high nose angle. In order for the pilots to be able to see out the front windows the nose is designed to droop and the pilots select this setting on the control panel. The exterior of Concorde is accessible to all visitors to the Intrepid Museum.
The four Rolls Royce Olympus engines each produce 38,lbs of thrust with the afterburners on. These power Concorde up to the cruising altitude of 60,ft and a speed of Mach 2 twice the speed of sound.
Whilst the United States lifted this ban in , New York banned Concorde locally, but this was overturned a few months later. Your email address will not be published. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. To see the Mach indicator reach Mach 2 and see the curvature of the earth is something I will never forget. The trip began in June but was not completed until the following month.
The carrier had to be dredged out before it was able to be repaired at Yankee Island. The museum reopened to the general public on November 23, The Intrepid had been brought back to the pier in October of that year.
Several aircraft were added or moved from the aircraft carrier before the reopening. The shuttle was allowed to be transferred by air on top of a shuttle carrier aircraft in A new pavilion was constructed for the Space Shuttle in time for the exhibit opening in July Damage caused by Hurricane Sandy caused the exhibit to close temporarily in October The shuttle exhibit reopened in July to the general public.
The museum has hosted several local and national events over the years. Various Fleet Week activities are conducted on the museum grounds and on the Intrepid itself. Viking warships are also docked on the north cruise ship terminals. Multiple activities and programs concentrated on STEM learning are held at the museum every year. There is an interactive location called the Exploreum on the museum grounds. Advanced Search. Join the Ranks of the Rich and Famous The fastest Atlantic crossing by any Concorde occurred on February 7, and took only 2 hours, 52 minutes, and 59 seconds.
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