By Pierre Léna, Stephen Lyle
This is the original tale of staring at a complete sun eclipse for at least seventy four consecutive mins. at the summer season morning of June 30, 1973, the sunlight rises at the Canary Islands. however it is unusually indented by way of the Moon. The eclipse of the century has simply all started. From the west, the lunar shadow rushes to the African coast at a speed of over 2000 kilometers according to hour. Astronomers at the flooring will get pleasure from seven brief mins of overall eclipse to review the sunlight corona - too brief for Pierre Lena and 7 scientists who board the Concorde 001 prototype, a unprecedented aircraft to turn into the 1st advertisement supersonic plane. With André Turcat as leader pilot and a group of 5, at 17000 m altitude, the airplane continues to be within the lunar shadow for seventy four mins, a list time of medical observations now not but crushed and taking into account extraordinary measurements. technological know-how, expertise, aviation and background mix within the tale of a special human experience aboard a mythical airplane, illustrated with a wealthy and unique iconography. It displays the glorious domain names that technology and expertise can open, and the fervour within the professions they give. A needs to learn for each eclipse chaser and fan of precise clinical adventures.On the summer time morning of June 30, 1973, the sunlight rises at the Canary Islands. however it is unusually indented via the Moon. The eclipse of the century has simply all started. From the west, the lunar shadow rushes to the African coast at a pace of over 2000 kilometers according to hour. Astronomers at the flooring will get pleasure from seven brief mins of overall eclipse to check the sunlight corona - too brief for Pierre Lena and 7 scientists who board the Concorde 001 prototype, a unprecedented aircraft to develop into the 1st advertisement supersonic airplane. With André Turcat as leader pilot and a team of 5, at 17000 m altitude, the airplane is still within the lunar shadow for seventy four mins, a checklist time of clinical observations now not but overwhelmed and making an allowance for extraordinary measurements. technology, know-how, aviation and heritage mix within the tale of a different human experience aboard a mythical airplane, illustrated with a wealthy and unique iconography. It displays the fantastic domain names that technology and know-how can open, and the fervour within the professions they provide. A needs to learn for each eclipse chaser and fan of real medical adventures.
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It was reasonable, but a storm can last an hour, and imagine an approach in very poor weather conditions if one is running out of fuel. m. local time. Further, a phone call to colleagues at the company UTA, familiar with the area, confirmed this information and told me more, invaluable this time: it was exceptional for Fort Lamy and Kano in Nigeria to be blocked at the same time. Kano had a good runway where I had once landed a military Dakota aircraft. That would leave me the possibility of a rerouting decision up until the moment of descent.
A brilliant experimental physicist but sometimes tough to deal with, he imposed drastic conditions on the loan of his equipment, but as an amateur pilot himself, he could hardly have done otherwise and accepted gracefully. These three ‘thermometers’ could only work correctly at unbelievably low temperatures. To keep them cool in flight, we had no choice but to use liquid nitrogen and helium. These precious cooling fluids would have to be supplied in Toulouse and taken to Africa in large Thermos flasks.
With his usual faultless vigilance, Andre´ Turcat was surprised by the way our delicate equipment stood up to the vibrations during the flight, and he congratulated us for that. Charles, who designed this feature, smiled modestly. We had just had our maiden supersonic flight, before a second rehearsal in May. We would have to dismantle everything to free up space in the cabin, then put it all back in a few days just a month later. The results of these studies of the stratosphere were eagerly awaited, but it was not until 1976 that the thick report by the stratospheric flight committee set up by the French government was finally published.