9 February 2022

Cold Weather Concorde

By icefogger

In the winter of 1974, the Concorde went through cold weather testing in Fairbanks.

Since WWII, Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, Cessna, Eurocopter, General Electric, Gulfstream, Honeywell, Sikorsky and many other aircraft companies have tested in Fairbanks. With an 11.800 foot runway, which can handle any aircraft, an airport that rarely features a delay, and plenty of wide open air space, Fairbanks is ideal when the temp drops to -40.

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About icefogger

Just a basic, down to Earth, laid back type of guy here, who loves the outdoors, the indoors, jazz on the turntable, a fire in the woodstove, the northern lights blazing across the sky, and the company of good friends. View all posts by icefogger

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 at 12:15 AM and tagged with -40, aircraft, Alaska, concorde, Fairbanks, flying, photo, testing, travel, winter and posted in history. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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3 responses to “Cold Weather Concorde”

• Klausbernd
  February 9th, 2022 at 2:26 AM

  We love the Arctic but have only been to NE Greenland, Svalbard, Bear Island and Jan Mayen. We might go to Anchorage one day as well. It has the advantage that’s easy to reach.
  Amazing that a Concorde flew to Anchorage.
  Keep well
  The Fab Four of Cley
  🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

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  • icefogger
    February 9th, 2022 at 6:30 PM

    You do the same, and thanks for stopping by.

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• flhockeymomfit
  February 9th, 2022 at 3:28 AM

  So cool!

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