The Concorde Story: 21 Years in Service (Osprey Civil Aircraft)


Author:

Christopher Orlebar,Pual Crickmore


Publish Date:

2004


Publisher:

Osprey Publishing


Cover Type:

Hardcover


Condition:

Near Fine
Signed by Author – Slight fading on cover and dust jacket, dust jacket edges slightly bent

Sixth Edition

R400.00

1 in stock

Details

When commercial services began in 1976, Concorde quickly established herself as one of the wonders of the modern technical world. This lavishly illustrated sixth edition traces Concorde’s development from inception to withdrawal. It investigates how the Anglo-French Alliance tackled the project, Concorde’s entry into service and the aircraft’s eventual commercial success. Other SST (supersonic transport) projects are considered, as is the future of SST aviation. With reference to the official report, the tragic event at Gonesse in July 2000 is analyzed in-depth and outstanding questions concerning the accident are considered together with why Concorde was withdrawn from service. The last chapter describes Concorde’s ‘Grand Finale’.