Show THE CONCORDE SUPERSONIC JET fi I The Concorde supersonic jet will be the successor to the Cara- Cara Caravelle velle Frances France's first passenger jet achievement and rone of the worlds world's most popular aircraft Air France which has 40 Caravelle jets has flown well over six million passengers on the largest Caravelle jet network and fleet neet The Concorde supersonic jet Is now being designed and built by the French aeronautic firms Bud Sud Aviation and Marcel J Das Das- Das sault with the cooperation ot of the British Aircraft Corpora Corpora- Corporation tIon The new 1450 1410 mph jetliner Is scheduled to fly In 1966 and passenger service inaugurated in 1969 Air France Concorde jets will fly New York Paris in 2 hours and 45 minutes stud and cover the Chicago Paris route In 3 hours There will be a hIgh degree degre of cabin comfort since the Con Con- Concorde corde corda will ny fly ahead of the sou sound d of its mounted aft lets jets The cabin have 45 double double- pane windows on each side The Tho jetliner will be fe feet t 11 Inches long and have a wing span of 77 71 feet l 1 inch Tile T e 10 1 passengers will wUl be accommodated in 26 25 rows of paired seats on each side of the aisle Power will be supplied by four BrIstol MI engines mounted In pairs mid mid- midway way way way-on on the underside of the trailing e d g e of the delta delta- shaped wing The supersonic jet will pass the sound barrier at feet altitude react reach cruIsing speed at feet arid and continue to rise gradually to feet teet AIr Mr France has kept abreast ot of early design work and all as was the case with the now now- famed Caravelle jet the French Airline is today playing an im- im important role in the Concorde's development |