Concorde Engines Record Half-Million Hours Above Mach 1 Speeds

The Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 engines powering the Concorde have reached a significant service milestone - 500,000 hours of passenger- carrying operations at greater than the speed of sound. British Airways and Air France, which operate 12 of the supersonic aircraft, expect to fly them well...

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