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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 aircrafts 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.
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 aircrafts 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.
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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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