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Concorde: The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner
Jonathan Glancey
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Description for Concorde: The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner
Paperback. A new and boldly original history of the iconic aircraft, by the bestselling author of Spitfire: The Biography and Harrier. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1x8pp b/w plates1x8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
In Concorde, Jonathan Glancey 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. Jonathan Glancey traces the development of Concorde not just through existing material and archives, but through interviews with those who lived with the supersonic project from its ... Read more
In Concorde, Jonathan Glancey 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. Jonathan Glancey traces the development of Concorde not just through existing material and archives, but through interviews with those who lived with the supersonic project from its ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782391098
SKU
V9781782391098
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10
About Jonathan Glancey
Jonathan Glancey is well known as the former architecture and design correspondent of the Guardian and Independent newspapers. He is also a steam locomotive enthusiast and pilot. A frequent broadcaster, his books include Harrier, Giants of Steam, the bestselling Spitfire: The Biography, Nagaland: A Journey to India's Forgotten Frontier, Tornado: 21st Century Steam, The Story of Architecture, The Train: An ... Read more
Reviews for Concorde: The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner
Excellent... Glancey has a gift for explaining complex issues... he also sprinkles the text with vivid phrases.
Leo McKinstry
Literary Review
Glancey skilfully tells the tale of a plane forged from a great trans-national alliance, and how it eventually fell from sky, taking with it - perhaps temporarily - the dream of a world shrunk small ... Read more
Leo McKinstry
Literary Review
Glancey skilfully tells the tale of a plane forged from a great trans-national alliance, and how it eventually fell from sky, taking with it - perhaps temporarily - the dream of a world shrunk small ... Read more