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Concorde Cargo Door Question

UPSfueler From United States of America, joined May 2003, 430 posts, RR: 0
Posted (9 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 4398 times:

Hey Guys, I am curious to know if Concorde had Cargo doors on the aircraft or cargo bins. I have studied pics of the aircraft and have seen none. Judging by the pics of the interior there is not much room for luggage, so where did they stack all the bags?

Thanks

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Aloges From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 8357 posts, RR: 47
Reply 1, posted (9 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 4354 times:

There's a baggage compartment in the rear of the aircraft, I assume that's where almost all luggage was stowed. Have a look here: http://www.concordesst.com/accomodation.html. http://www.concordesst.com/ has a lot of information on the Concorde, a very valuable website.

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Broke From United States of America, joined Apr 2002, 1322 posts, RR: 4
Reply 2, posted (9 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 4216 times:

From the little I've seen of a Concorde on the ramp, baggage was loaded through cargo doors that were on the centerline of the belly of the airplane.
The closest counterpart to this system is the one that United used on all of its DC-8's; no other DC-8 operator used the system United had. It again loaded baggage in containers into the airplane through centerline doors in the belly of the airplane.

LHR340 From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2003, 877 posts, RR: 1
Reply 3, posted (9 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 4180 times:

Concorde has a luggage hold at the back of the aircraft under the tail, there is also a hold behind the nose wheel.

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GDB From United Kingdom, joined May 2001, 12715 posts, RR: 80
Reply 4, posted (9 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 4175 times:

The rear hold, as shown in the accommodation specs, had the greater capacity, on many charters to outstations it also carried a spares pack (as Concorde spares were only held at LHR, CDG, JFK, BGI and until 1994, IAD).
Some pics of the rear hold and doors here;
http://www.concordesst.com/inside/7.html

The cutaway here shows the fwd hold, pics of the actual hold to be added later, the sst.com webmaster, Gordon, has them because I took pics of the inside of this area for him!
http://www.concordesst.com/inside/4.html

Flyboy80 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 1856 posts, RR: 3
Reply 5, posted (9 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 4045 times:

Are there any other sites simular to this one, but they dipict different types of aircraft???
Thanks!

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Musang From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2001, 754 posts, RR: 7
Reply 6, posted (9 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 4037 times:

http://www.hs121.org.uk covers the Trident.

http://www.747sp.com is "down for a D-check" at present but is well worth a look.

http://www.labiker.org/xb70.html for the XB-70, intriguing even though its an experimental.

http://flytristar.tripod.com for the L1011.

There's a really good one out there somewhere for the Convair 880 but I've apparently ditched the address.

Can somebody tell me how to show these addresses as hotlinks or whatever they're called? e-mail me at greendgls@aol.com.

Thanks!

Regards - Musang

G-CIVP From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 1209 posts, RR: 10
Reply 7, posted (9 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 4010 times:

GDB - got a nice photo of the rear cargo hold door. Have to post it here.