The auction site knows it as item number 116001533010; a less anodyne description would be a Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 turbojet engine, one of four that powered a Concorde—complete with ...

Spotlight on Concorde engine. ... Concorde's afterburner is turned off 30 seconds after takeoff, before it heads towards a cruising altitude of 60,000 ft and a top speed of 1,345 mph, ...

French investigators focused Wednesday on the Air France Concorde’s powerful Rolls Royce engines — one of which was repaired just before Tuesday’s doomed flight — as the pos… ...

A tire blew out as the doomed Air France Concorde roared down the runway, ... Blown Tire May Be Behind Concorde Engine Fire. L.A. Times Archives. July 29, 2000 12 AM PT .