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Concorde (wallpaper 2). Concorde aircraft images wallpaper gallery 2. Concorde airplane pictures collection 2. Demonstration and test flights were flown from 1974 onwards. The testing of Concorde set records that have not been surpassed; the prototype, pre-production and first production aircraft undertook 5,335 flight hours; 2,000 test hours were at supersonic speeds. During one such test flight, on 7th of November 1974, 001 performed the fastest civil flight across the North Atlantic, record still valid today. Unit costs were £23 million (US$46 million) in 1977, and development costs were six times the projected amount. Concorde is an ogival (also "ogee") delta-winged aircraft with four Olympus engines based on those originally developed for the Avro Vulcan strategic bomber. Concorde (wallpaper 2). Concorde aircraft images wallpaper gallery 2. Concorde airplane pictures collection 2. Concorde was the first airliner to have an (in this case, analogue) fly-by-wire flight-control system; the avionics of Concorde were unique because it was the first commercial aircraft to employ hybrid circuits. The principal designer for the project was Pierre Satre, with Sir Archibald Russell as his deputy. Concorde pioneered the following technologies: When any aircraft passes the critical mach of that particular airframe, the centre of pressure shifts rearwards. This causes a pitch down force on the aircraft, as the centre of mass remains where it was. The engineers designed the wings in a specific manner to reduce this shift. However, there was still a shift of about 2 metres. This could have been countered by the use of trim controls, but at such high speeds this would have caused a dramatic increase in the drag on the aircraft. Instead, the distribution of fuel along the aircraft was shifted during acceleration and deceleration to move the centre of mass, effectively acting as an auxiliary trim control. Concorde (wallpaper 2). Concorde aircraft images wallpaper gallery 2. Concorde airplane pictures collection 2.