SPEEDBIRD
(Signatures)	Artist : SIMON ATACK AND SIX SENIOR CAPTAINS WHO FLEW THE CONCORDE FLEET WITH BRITISH AIRWAYS : Captain Michael Bannister , Captain Paul Douglas , Captain Paul Bandal l , Captain James Bedforth , Captain Chris Norris and Captain John Tye.
(Dimensions)	30" x 23" approx  Unframed Print
Price	£0.00

Description

Unquestionably the most beautiful commercial aircraft ever to enter service, during 27 years of flying passengers supersonically, Concorde earned a unique place in aviation history. To watch this remarkable aircraft thunder down the runway at London's Heathrow airport, with afterburners belching flame in a crescendo of deafening sound, but for her distinctive airline livery one could be excused for thinking a mighty warbird was scrambling. Yet aboard, a hundred passengers, relaxing in sumptuous comfort, are looking forward to arrival in New York effectively before they left such was the speed of this remarkable airliner as she travelled westward faster than the sun. Lifting off at 250 mph, her nose pointed skyward as the four Rolls Royce Olympus engines, each delivering 38,000 lbs of thrust, propel the delta winged giant towards the stratosphere. As speed picks up, the droop-nose section, lowered for take-off and landing to improve pilot vision, raises to accentuate the elegant profile of her slim fuselage. Climbing towards 60,000 feet, Concorde passes through the sound barrier, continuing to accelerate to 1,350 mph and levelling off at more than twice the speed of sound. In the thin, ice-cold atmosphere eleven miles above the earth, the heat generated by her speed is such that Concorde's slender fuselage expands by up to 10 inches; her special paint, developed to accommodate these temperature changes, helps to dissipate the fearsome heat of supersonic flight. As the cabin crew serve champagne and caviar, passengers gaze out to witness the world from the very edge of earth's atmosphere, the curvature of the planet clearly definable under the mid-night blue of deep space. Far below, white contrails of lumbering 747s seem as far distant as when viewed from the ground. Propelled by the most powerful pure jet engines to fly commercially, Concorde will descend into New York's JFK airport just 3 hours 20 minutes after take-off - a 747 averages over 7 hours - delivering her passengers across the Atlantic to arrive earlier in the day than the time they left London. As the mighty bird makes her final approach, the steep angle of approach producing huge swirls of vortex off the delta wingtips, this miracle of aviation touches down in a familiar cloud of blue smoke. A spectacle of awesome beauty. To commemorate a unique period in the history of aviation, and to mark the end of commercial supersonic flight, Simon Atack has painted a wonderfully atmospheric picture which beautifully captures the majesty and power of this unique and much loved aircraft...SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND SIX SENIOR CAPTAINS WHO FLEW THE CONCORDE FLEET WITH BRITISH AIRWAYS : Captain Michael Bannister , Captain Paul Douglas , Captain Paul Bandal l , Captain James Bedforth , Captain Chris Norris and Captain John Tye...priced @ Sold...To complement the purchase of your fine art print, we are now able to offer a professional Picture Framing service. For further details please contact us by phone or email.