Screen LibraryConcorde : the rise and fall of the supersonic airliner /
"Concorde tells the story of this magnificent and hugely popular aircraft anew, taking the reader from the moment Captain Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 through to the last commercial flight of the supersonic airliner in 2003. It is a tale of national rivalries, technologica...
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Atlantic Books,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
2016. ©2015 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Concorde tells the story of this magnificent and hugely popular aircraft anew, taking the reader from the moment Captain Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 through to the last commercial flight of the supersonic airliner in 2003. It is a tale of national rivalries, technological leaps, daring prototypes, tightrope politics, and a dream of a Dan Dare future never quite realized. This is a celebration, as well as a thoroughly researched history, of a truly brilliant machine that became a sky god of its era."--Back cover of book. |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 298) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781782391098 (paperback) : 1782391096 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | TL685 |
| CLC: | V271.1-09 |
| Call Number: | V271.1-09/G545 |
| Contents: | Hatching A Speedbird -- The Sound Barrier -- Chasing The Dream -- The Rivals -- Cleared For Take-Off -- The Service Record -- Unpremeditated Art -- Phoenix Rising -- Superfast Futures -- An End To Adventure -- Epilogue. |