Concorde : story of a supersonic pioneer / Kenneth Owen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Owen, Kenneth, 1984-

Contributor:

Science Museum.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Concorde (Jet transports).

Concorde (Jet transports)--Design and construction.

Concorde (Jet transports)--History.

History.

Physical Description:

318 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Science Museum, 2001.

Summary:

This detailed study of the world's only successful supersonic transport is a revised edition of the classic Concorde: new shape in the sky, published in 1982. It tells the story of the aircraft's heroic technology, largely in the words of the participants - the scientists, designers and engineers, pilots, civil servants and managers, whose achievement was unique.

Bringing the story up to date, the book has been expanded to cover more than 20 years of continued airline service, a decade of research into the prospects for a second-generation supersonic transport, and the crucial implications of the tragic incident at Gonesse on 25 July 2000. In a new, final chapter, the book traces the sequence of events leading to the accident at Gonesse and describes the outcome of the meticulous investigation that followed. The author concludes by drawing together the main lessons to be learned from the truly heroic endeavour that is the Concorde project.

Contents:

1 The achievement 11

2 A new realm of flight 15

3 Birth of an idea 21

4 The bold adventure 35

5 Cross-Channel convergence 47

6 Strands of development 61

7 Managing the project 127

8 The rivals 143

9 Safety and performance 157

10 The test pilots' tale 167

11 The fight for US approval 187

12 Airline experience 203

13 The view with hindsight 227

14 A son of Concorde? 243

15 Morien Morgan 259

16 Lessons of Gonesse 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1900747421

OCLC:

47868913