The Concorde Story

Seventh Edition

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The Concorde Story

Seventh Edition

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This fully revised edition of The Concorde Story, published to coincide with the anniversary of the aircraft's first landing at Heathrow, is a complete history of Concorde. When commercial air services were launched in 1976, Concorde was hailed as one of the wonders of the technological world.

Lavishly illustrated throughout, this new edition documents the early difficulties encountered on the way to commercial success as well as examining the tragic event at Gonesse in 2000. With a new section on the after-story of the airplane and a look at what the future holds for supersonic aircraft, this is the definitive book for all Concorde fans.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface

The Background
The Formative Phase
Agreement with France
Taking Shape
The Other Supersonic Transports
A Stormy Beginning
The Turn of the Tide
The Flight - Acceleration
The Flight - Deceleration
Training of the Concorde Pilot
The Future
21 Years in Service
Sub-Orbital Travel
Tragedy at Gonesse
Concorde's return to service
Outlook
Gonesse Revisited
Reflections
Grand Finale

Appendices
Index

Product details

Published Apr 19 2011
Format Hardback
Edition 7th
Extent 248
ISBN 9781849081634
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Dimensions 280 x 210 mm
Series General Aviation
Short code GNA
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Christopher Orlebar

Christopher Orlebar joined British Airways, then B…

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