Concorde

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. Frederic 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.Darling, Kev is the author of 'Concorde', published 2004 under ISBN 9781861266545 and ISBN 1861266545.