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How heavy is Concorde?
185 tweight
Concorde's maximum permissible take-off weight was 185,070 kg.
Enter your height to compare yourself with Concorde.
- 15.4× the city bus (12 t)
- 30.8× the african elephant (6 t)
- 142× the family car (1.3 t)
How to picture 185 t
Start from something you can see right now. Concorde is about 15.4× city bus. That is exactly the estimate the board asks you to draw: pick a reference, decide the ratio, resize the silhouette.
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