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Do any commercial (did?) airliners have afterburners on their jets?
DaleReid:
Does anyone know of any commercial airliners which had jets that used afterburners?
I was watching a UTube clip of the Concorde taking off and the rear of the engines was glowing but not having the typical flame spike out the back one sees with military engines in afterburner.
I would assume that the fuel used was so enormous that even for take off they couldn't waste it on an afterburner.
Just asking.
Dale
Wooks61:
Rolls Royce Olympus engines use on Concord:
"Until regular commercial flights by Concorde ceased, in October 2003, the Olympus turbojet was unique in aviation as the only turbojet with reheat powering a commercial aircraft" (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce/Snecma_Olympus_593 )
Reheat was only used on take-off and during the transition from sub-sonic to supersonic flight.
Wooks61:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Olympus - more info on the engine.
DaleReid:
Thank you, I knew someone would know and you even provided a nice reference.
The article on the system mentioned that the 'reheat' system was used during takeoff, and then to accelerate from subsonic to 1.7 Mach when transitioning. I found that interesting.
Once I talked with an pilot who flew commercially after he left the military, and had a lot of time in many earlier jet aircraft, one of his favorites was the F-102. His comment was that you were 'out of fuel' even before taking off. And I begin to get nervous when I'm at 1/2 a tank!
Thanks again.
Wooks61:
One of my favourite aircraft. It was a real shame that it stopped flying.
Another of my favourite aircraft:
The Avro Vulcan Bomber, which used the same engines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Vulcan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qot_LfWiOzw
And if you have time: (45mins) The Vulcan - Operation Black Buck 1982 Falklands war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcEhZ2p4s9o
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