Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Piece

Prototype electrical loads; Performance of cooling system during sustained flight...

Catalogue reference: BT 242/121

What’s it about?

This record is about the Prototype electrical loads; Performance of cooling system during sustained flight... dating from 1970-1974 in the series Ministry of Technology and successors: Concorde Project: Minutes of Meetings and.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Access information is unavailable

Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.

Full description and record details

Reference
BT 242/121
Date
1970-1974
Description

Prototype electrical loads;

Performance of cooling system during sustained flight at mach 2;

Performance of generator cooling system;

Electrical performance of de-icing system: flights 167, 168, 169, 171 and 175;

Performance of pre-production electrical supply system: first fifty flights;

Performance of nickel-cadmium batteries during Far East tour;

Emergency generator system: single and multiple bus bar tests;

Generator cooling: flights 106 and 120;

Preliminary load assessment test results;

Emergency generator system: single windmilling engine;

intermediate loading test on flight 175;

Emergency generator system: two windmilling engines simulating an all engines out emergency descent;

Emergency generator system: full load tests;

Emergency generator system: single windmilling engine;

low and high loading tests on flights 182 and 184.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
261/43; 261/44; 261/45; 261/46; 261/47; 261/48; 261/49; 261/5 261/51; 261/52; 261/53; 261/54; 261/55
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Access conditions
Closed Until 1990
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Air transport
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3502332/

Series information

BT 242

Ministry of Technology and successors: Concorde Project: Minutes of Meetings and...

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

2,676,785 records

Within the department: BT

Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies

1,470 records

Within the series: BT 242

Ministry of Technology and successors: Concorde Project: Minutes of Meetings and...

You are currently looking at the piece: BT 242/121

Prototype electrical loads; Performance of cooling system during sustained flight...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.