Concorde: Story of a Supersonic Pioneer [Paperback]

Kenneth Owen (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Science Museum; Subsequent edition (February 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1900747421
• ISBN-13: 978-1900747424
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,546,445 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars outstanding! but NOT a picture book..., October 9, 2004

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This review is from: Concorde: Story of a Supersonic Pioneer (Paperback)

Are you looking for a great book full of glossy pictures of the gorgeous concorde? Wel THIS ISN"T IT! But this book has 300+ pages of dense text on the development of the one and only, plus many images you'd never see anywhere else: one of the full-scale plywood design mock-up, another of the different nose prototypes, etc. etc.. This book is absolutely unique, and includes descriptions of the difficulties of managing a project of "engineering of the future" between 2 countries. If you want to know how they really did design and build this plane, this is a must.