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Concorde
The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner|
11,49 € |
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| Verlag: | Atlantic Books |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 01.10.2015 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781782391081 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 320 |
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Beschreibungen
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 inception. The result is a compelling mix of overt technological optimism, a belief that Britain and France were major players in the world of civil as well as military aviation, and faith in an ever faster, ever more sophisticated future.
This is a celebration, as well as a thoroughly researched history, of a truly brilliant machine that became a sky god of its era.
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 inception. The result is a compelling mix of overt technological optimism, a belief that Britain and France were major players in the world of civil as well as military aviation, and faith in an ever faster, ever more sophisticated future.
This is a celebration, as well as a thoroughly researched history, of a truly brilliant machine that became a sky god of its era.
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 Illustrated History.
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 Illustrated History.
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