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Last days of the Concorde : the crash of Flight 4590 and the end of supersonic passenger travel / Samme Chittum.
Van Pelt Library TL553.5 .C486 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chittum, Samme, author.
- Series:
- Smithsonian air disasters series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aircraft accidents--Investigation.
- Aircraft accidents.
- Concorde (Jet transports)--Accidents.
- Concorde (Jet transports).
- Concorde (Jet transports)--History.
- History.
- Accidents.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2018]
- Summary:
- "The gripping true tale of a devastating plane crash, the investigation into its causes, and the race to prevent similar disasters in the future."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The white bird
- "You have flames behind you"
- A lunar landscape
- From dream to reality
- A trail of evidence
- Too late
- A history of blowouts
- An invisible shock wave
- Delays and headaches
- Three seconds of mayhem
- Closing the case
- Final farewells
- The supersonic future.
- Notes:
- "Based on Air disasters : up in flames, created by Cineflix and shown in the United States on the Smithsonian Channel."--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-257) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781588346292
- 1588346293
- OCLC:
- 1029782384
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