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(More customer reviews)I first thought that this would be another picture oriented book. I was total impressed that it included both technical and historical information in detail and not just a pass-over subject. I learned about the relationship of MACH number to airspeed in the higher altitude. The effect of air friction and heat to the maximum speed the designers put on concorde. The pictures are all very informative and really related to the topic being discussed. I like the side-bars discussing all the technical pictures and diagrams on that particular page.
Get the hard cover one and you won't regret it. You'll get the first 21 years of Concorde's commercial service. After reading this book I wished that we have concorde every overseas routes to cut travel time to less than half of normal flight time. I felt it was only politics that prevented concorde from fulfilling it's design and purpose.
A salute to Concorde technology.
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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is analysed in-depth and outstanding questions concerning the accident are considered together with why Concorde was withdrawn from service.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’.
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