Why could the nose droop?

To help pilots see during takeoff and landing

Concorde Quiz: Supersonic Flights and the Final Landing

This Concorde quiz looks back at the airliner that made supersonic travel a reality for paying passengers. Play 10 interactive questions on the British and French partnership, the first flight in 1969, Mach 2 cruising, the drooping nose, London to New York in about three and a half hours and its retirement in 2003.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Makers
Which two countries built Concorde?
First
In which year did Concorde first fly?
Service
When did passenger flights begin?
Speed
What was Concorde's cruising speed?
Nose
Why could the nose droop?
Time
Roughly how long was a London to New York flight?
Wing
What wing shape did Concorde have?
Crash
Which flight crashed near Paris in 2000?
Retire
When did Concorde make its last passenger flights?
Built
How many Concordes were built?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which two countries built Concorde?
Answer: Britain and France
BAC and Aerospatiale led the work.
Q2: In which year did Concorde first fly?
Answer: 1969
It flew from Toulouse in March.
Q3: When did passenger flights begin?
Answer: 1976
British Airways and Air France launched together.
Q4: What was Concorde's cruising speed?
Answer: About Mach 2
That is twice the speed of sound.
Q5: Why could the nose droop?
Answer: To help pilots see during takeoff and landing
The long nose blocked the view.
Q6: Roughly how long was a London to New York flight?
Answer: About three and a half hours
It was half the usual time.
Q7: What wing shape did Concorde have?
Answer: An ogival delta
It had no horizontal tail.
Q8: Which flight crashed near Paris in 2000?
Answer: Air France Flight 4590
It grounded the fleet for a time.
Q9: When did Concorde make its last passenger flights?
Answer: 2003
British Airways flew last in October.
Q10: How many Concordes were built?
Answer: 20
Only 14 entered airline service.

Concorde Quiz – Supersonic Flights and the Final Landing

Concorde was built by Britain and France and first flew from Toulouse in March 1969. British Airways and Air France began passenger service in 1976, flying at about twice the speed of sound and up to 60,000 feet.

Its slender ogival delta wing needed a steep nose-up angle at low speed, so the nose drooped to give pilots a view. London to New York took about three and a half hours.

Only 20 were built, and noise and cost limited routes. After the Air France crash in 2000 and a downturn in travel, the fleet retired in 2003, and many aircraft now sit in museums.

What This Quiz Teaches

Aviation fans will enjoy these questions.

Who built Concorde
How fast it flew
Why the nose drooped
What ended its service
How many were built

Did You Know?

Passengers could see the curve of the Earth.
Its frame stretched slightly in flight from heat.
Rolls-Royce and Snecma built its engines.
Afterburners were used for takeoff.
Concorde mostly flew transatlantic routes.