Acer wrote:
>
><Obligatory OM content> The Concorde's four engines are made jointly by
>Olympus/SNECMA. So there, I tossed in "Olympus" for good measure <G>
>
<pedant mode ;-)>
The Concorde's four Olympus engines were made by Rolls-Royce. At least,
that's what the company was called at the time :-) I did some work on some
of the control electronics when I was an apprentice at Lucas Aerospace.
</pedant mode>
Cheers
Richard
Richard Ross
Hemel Hempstead, England
rhdesign@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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