What does droop snoot do on the Concorde?

During take-off and Landing the nose fairing and the visor, which it houses, are lowered (or drooped) to improve the pilots' field of vision. In flight, the nose and visor are raised to present clean aerodynamic lines; the visor also protects the windshield from extreme frictional heating.



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Droop Nose As the plane took off, landed, and taxied, the pilots tilted its nose forward so that they could see the runway. For supersonic flight, the nose was hydraulically lifted, streamlining the plane's shape and allowing it to efficiently pierce the air.

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Heatproof Airframe Concorde's nose could heat to 260°F, a temperature that would shatter ordinary glass, so engineers devised a visor for the nose cone made of several layers of special glass to protect the flight deck.

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Concorde used the most powerful pure jet engines flying commercially. The Aircraft's four engines took advantage of what is known as 'reheat' technology, adding fuel to the final stage of the engine, which produced the extra power required for take-off and the transition to supersonic flight.

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Concorde is sadly no longer flying, but it is still possible to visit some of the remaining 18 airframes, there are others not open to the public but you can still see them.

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In real life, Diana took several trips aboard the Concorde, both with Prince Charles and solo.

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The aircraft quickly proved itself unquestionably as it reached speeds of up to 1,354 mph. To put that into context, that is around 800 mph faster than a Boeing 747 and over 350 mph faster than the earth spins on its axis!

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Concorde was not alone in having separate flight engineer controls, nor in having a complex cockpit. In many ways, it improved on designs and layouts from earlier aircraft. But the aircraft's special abilities meant there were a few new switches, gauges and elements to the panels.

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