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To: OA5599

Concorde @ 18 hours * 6 hour round trip = 108 hours of hangar time.

4 1/2 work days of maintenance per flight? Really?


111 posted on 02/11/2010 6:35:02 PM PST by Heliand
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To: Heliand
Concorde @ 18 hours * 6 hour round trip = 108 hours of hangar time. 4 1/2 work days of maintenance per flight? Really?

It's in man-hours. Presumably British Air had more than one guy working on the Concorde. (Not sure about Air France though). If you had 15 guys in a crew, 108 MMH would be done in a shift. My guess is that afterburning engines for a plane that is supersonic are very maintenance intensive, and that is where the bulk of the maintenance man-hours stem.

112 posted on 02/12/2010 3:49:50 AM PST by OA5599
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