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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