Question

The Concorde airframe was designed for life off ________ flying hours.

(a) 45,000

(b) 4,500

(c) 450

(d) 4,50,000

This question was addressed to me by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

My question comes from Aircraft Systems and Aviation topic in section Aircraft Systems and Aviation Overview of Aircraft Maintenance

Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) 45,000

To elaborate: The aircraft’s airframe was designed for life off 45,000 flying hours. The aircraft went through two cycles of heating and cooling during a flight, firstly cooling down as it gained altitude, then heating up after going supersonic.