Concorde - Hardcover

Darling, Kev

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1861266545 ISBN 13: 9781861266545

Verlag: The Crowood Press Ltd, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Concorde is the only successful supersonic airliner that there has ever been. The product of a collaboration between British and French aviation industries, Concorde first flew in 1969, and entered service in 1976. By the time of it first commercial flight the high hopes for the aircraft's adoption by airlines across the world had evaporated. In the end only its home country's flag carriers, Air France and British Airways, operated the aircraft, on scheduled services between London, New York, Paris, Washington. The crash of one of Air France's machines, and the drop-off in passenger numbers following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, signalled the end for Concorde. It was retired from service during 2003.

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Kev Darling spent more than twenty years in the Royal Air Force, engineering aircraft ranging in size from the Tiger Moth to the TriStar. Medically discharged after the first Gulf War he strengthened his writing career, which he had begun in 1986.

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On January 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier aboard his Bell X-1. Twenty-nine years later, on January 21, 1976, Concorde, the first commercial passenger aircraft in international service to routinely operate at supersonic speeds, made its first scheduled flight. This book tells the story of this remarkable period in aviation history, including the technical achievements and the skill and ingenuity of the designers and engineers that made it all possible.

Frédéric Beniada and Michel Fraile open the door to the fascinating world of Concorde, an aircraft produced by a remarkable collaboration between Air France and British Airways and holder of records that remain unequalled to this day. Making full use of its wide landscape format to display superb photographs, Concorde is a celebration of that magnificent icon of an entire generation who dreamed of crossing the Atlantic in under four hours.

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Front flap:

Had we asked a dozen people to read and review this book ahead of publication, we would certainly have received a dozen different reactions, testament to the difficulty of approaching such a sensitive and emotional subject. Inevitably, we had to make some choices, and for enthusiasts and detractors of supersonic flight alike they may well appear subjective. However, our aim was neither to rewrite the history of the fastest passenger aircraft in the world nor to be drawn into the debate on the tragic accident of July 2000. Above all, this book pays tribute to the Concorde, the fruit of forty years of remarkable human endeavor and achievement.

Back flap:

Pilot and aeronautics enthusiast Frédéric Beniada is a journalist at France Info (a twenty-four hour news radio station) and contributor to several aviation magazines. Passionate about mountains and a keen marathon runner, he is also the author of Les Forgerons, le Feu de la Terre (Blacksmiths, Fire & Earth), published by Editions Libris.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: The Crowood Press Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1861266545
• ISBN 13: 9781861266545
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Oliver Edwards; https://strengholt.nl/en/; ; 22 Liuleburgaz Str., floor 4, app. 9; Plovdiv; 4000; Bulgarien