This study of the famed supersonic commercial transport examines the history, design production and service of the Concorde, from the initial planning stages to the aircraft's first flight in 1975 and the tragic accident in France in July 2000. The story begins with a brief background of supersonic flight and a look at plans dating as far back as the 1950s for a commercial SST. The story of how the eventual Anglo-French collaborative adventure took root despite political differences is accompanied by a complete design and testing history, complete technical specifications and more than 150 photographs and illustrations. Also included is information on the only other supersonic commercial carrier to see service: the RussianTupolev Tu-144 Charger.
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An excellent look at the Aerospatiale / BAC Concorde,
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The Airlife's Airliner series of books cover individual commercial aircraft types in an interesting, in-depth manner. Each volume of this British series covers a unique commercial aircraft type from its design, production, entry into service, its usage by airlines, and in some cases eventual demise. Each volume features plenty of color and black and white photographs of the subject aircraft along with a complete construction list (accurate to date of publication for aircraft types still being built). This volume covers, unfortunately, almost the entire operational life of this amazing aircraft. The only successful SuperSonic passenger airliner (there was only one other - the Russian Tupolev Tu-144 (which actually flew first)) the Concorde has plied the skyways between London and Paris and New York City. Always interesting and always able to draw a crowd of on-lookers, this elegent airliner is about to ffly its last flight as Airbus Industrie has declined to continue supporting the existing fleet of aircraft. Fortunately ... both Air France and British Airways have decided to donate all of the airframes to aviation museums located around the world ... so that future generations may marvel at what could have been the next revolution in commercial air travel.
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It was military expediency in World War II that initially created aircraft that could fly faster and higher than any before, and, more importantly, were designed to carry the new nuclear bombs, which raised the threat in both war and peacetime to a new level. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fire service leader, route proving flights, secondary nozzle, supersonic transport aircraft, flying laboratory, tyre burst, flying display, supersonic flight, production aircraft, supersonic bomber, research aircraft, supersonic airliner, delta wing, test programme, subsonic speeds, main landing gear Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Airways, Air France, New York, Soviet Union, United States, British Aerospace, Dallas Ft Worth, September Concorde, Braniff Airways Reregistered, Rio de Janeiro, British Government, General Electric, June Concorde, Pan American, August Concorde, Brian Trubshaw, February Concorde, Handley Page, March Concorde, Middle East, Ministry of Supply, North Atlantic, Sir George Edwards, London Heathrow, May Concorde New!
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It was military expediency in World War II that initially created aircraft that could fly faster and higher than any before, and, more importantly, were designed to carry the new nuclear bombs, which raised the threat in both war and peacetime to a new level. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fire service leader, route proving flights, secondary nozzle, supersonic transport aircraft, flying laboratory, tyre burst, flying display, supersonic flight, production aircraft, supersonic bomber, research aircraft, supersonic airliner, delta wing, test programme, subsonic speeds, main landing gear Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Airways, Air France, New York, Soviet Union, United States, British Aerospace, Dallas Ft Worth, September Concorde, Braniff Airways Reregistered, Rio de Janeiro, British Government, General Electric, June Concorde, Pan American, August Concorde, Brian Trubshaw, February Concorde, Handley Page, March Concorde, Middle East, Ministry of Supply, North Atlantic, Sir George Edwards, London Heathrow, May Concorde New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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