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Concorde supersonic airliners: books - history (2/2)

A book on Concorde supersonic airliners? Explore here illustrated books on the history and construction of Concorde supersonic airliners (2/2).

Flying Concorde - The Full Story

"Flying Concorde" is written in a manner which gives anyone who knows the author as well as I do a feeling of talking to him in person. He knows the aeroplane, and he writes about it in such a way that even the most technical aspects can be readily understood. It is a delight to read.The story of Concorde is a large subject, concerning as it does both the technical history of the aircraft and its struggle to be accepted as an airliner. I am sure that those who read this book will enjoy it as much as I have. - Brian Trubshaw, Chief Test Pilot.

This new edition of what has become one of the major references to the world's first and only supersonic airliner, has an added section that covers the cause of the Paris tragedy.

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Author:	Brian Calvert
Details:	296 pages, 23.5 x 15.5 x 2 cm / 9.25 x 6.1 x 0.79 in, paperback
Illustrations:	b&w photos
Publisher:	The Crowood Press Ltd (GB, 2002)
ISBN:	9781840373523

Flying Concorde - The Full Story

Language: English

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Concorde, la légende volante

In this book dedicated to the Concorde, photographer Alain Ernoult goes back, through his most beautiful images, to the birth of the first supersonic airliner. He shares with us his years of glory and doubt and offers us an exclusive report on the tests that were carried out in 2000. The Concorde is incontestably the most beautiful plane in the world; it is even more so in this book thanks to the magic of Alain Ernoult's images.

Gérard Jouany, to whom we owe the texts of this book, met Concorde in New York in October 1977, while the supersonic was undergoing takeoff and landing tests at Kennedy Airport. Since then, he has continued to follow the news of the fastest airliner in the world. A multimedia journalist (print press, radio and television), Gérard Jouany is also a private pilot.

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Author:	Alain Ernoult
Details:	192 pages, 33 x 27 cm / 13 x 10.6 in, hardback
Illustrations:	300 colour photos
Publisher:	ETAI (F, 2002)
ISBN:	9782841020799

Concorde, la légende volante

Language: French

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Concorde (Nouvelle édition augmentée)

On January 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager, aboard his Bell X-1, broke the sound barrier for the first time. Twenty-nine years later, on January 21, 1976, Concorde, the first supersonic transport aircraft, made its first commercial flight.
This book recounts this prodigious aeronautical epic, the technical, industrial and human feats that were necessary for this extraordinary aircraft, the fruit of an exemplary collaboration between Air France and British Airways, to see the light of day.

Frédéric Beniada and Michel Fraile introduce us to the fascinating world of this aircraft that holds records that are still unequaled. Superb photographs make this book a celebration of Concorde, the icon of an entire generation that dreamed of crossing the Atlantic in less than four hours and offered themselves this dream in the form of a large metal bird.

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Author:	Frédéric Beniada, Michel Fraile
Details:	192 pages, 21 x 29.5 x 2.1 cm / 8.25 x 11.6 x 0.83 in, hardback
Illustrations:	profusely illustrated
Publisher:	Editions E/P/A (F, 2018)
ISBN:	9782376710097