Even when you stand behind two thicknesses of armoured glass in the safety and comparative quiet of the test control room, you can sense the staggering power which one of these Concorde engines ...

Concorde's four powerful engines are unique in commercial aviation, propelling the plane to 246 mph within 30 seconds of takeoff. The enormous thrust that accelerates the Concorde and powers it ...

Engineered for both power and efficiency, its Olympus 593 engines used afterburners, variable nozzles, and inlet ramps to cruise at 60,000 feet. Though short-lived commercially, Concorde remains ...

The resulting blowtorch shoots through a nozzle at the back of the engine ... The afterburners on the Olympus engines that powered the Concorde supersonic jet added only about 17 percent to ...