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In Full Operation Desert Shield, A Radar Detected An Object Too Fast To Be Ignored, And Two F 14s Took Off To Investigate The Possible Missile. The Tension Only Eased When The Navy Realized It Was Chasing The Concorde Flying At Mach 2, Well Above The Usual Patrol
A Concorde Once Flew So High That The United States Navy Sent F 14 Fighters To Intercept It, And Only The Instincts Of An Experienced Pilot Prevented The Tension From Escalating.
The Supersonic Jet Was Crossing The Red Sea When Military Radars Registered An Unidentified Object Moving At An Impressive Speed.
What Seemed Like A Threat Was Actually The Fastest Commercial Airplane Ever Built Following Its Usual Course At High Altitude.
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The Operators Watched For A Few Moments A Scene Worthy Of Maximum Alert, As The Most Advanced Fighters Available Chased A Passenger Plane In Full Acceleration.
The Confusion Raised The Question That Echoed Among The Military: Was It A Bird, A Missile, Or Something Even More Unexpected? The Answer Came Shortly After. It Was Just The Concorde.
The Chase That Turned Into Identification In Mid-Flight
In August 1990, During Operation Desert Shield, The VF 32 Squadron Of The Navy Detected An Enigmatic Signal Rising To An Altitude Considered Impossible.
The Suspicion That It Was A Missile Led To Two F 14s Being Sent To Investigate The Object Cutting Through The Sky At Extreme Speeds.
The Interception Officer David Hey Joe Parsons Was In One Of The Jets And Decided To Use His Camera To Observe The Target More Closely.
With The Zoom At Maximum, The Supposed Hostile Aircraft Revealed Itself As The Sleek Concorde Flying At Mach 2. There Were No Missiles Or Attacks, Just The Luxury Plane Following Its Route With The Power That Made It Famous.
The Model Was Flying At About Sixty Thousand Feet, Far Above The Usual Patrol, Which Made It Difficult For The F 14s To Close The Distance.
Parsons Then Could Only Visually Confirm That The Mysterious Dot Was The Famous Supersonic Jet.
As Soon As The Identification Was Made, The Fighters Withdrew, And The Concorde Continued Its Flight Without Any Interruption.
A Possible Military Incident Turned Into A Rare Record Of An Encounter Between Two Cutting-Edge Machines.
Cutting-Edge Technological Highlights Of The Concorde
Design With A Droop Nose That Helped Visibility During Takeoffs And Landings.
Olympus 593 Engines Equipped With Afterburners That Allowed Supersonic Commercial Flight.
Cruising Speed Of Mach 2 Reaching About One Thousand Three Hundred And Fifty Miles Per Hour.
Carbon Fiber Brakes That Reduced Wear In High-Speed Operations.
Delta Wing Shape That Ensured Stability In Different Phases Of Flight.
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