Concorde: Supersonic Icon - 50th Anniversary Edition

by Ingo Bauernfeind

This lavishly illustrated volume tells the amazing story of Concorde, the supersonic icon that has been capturing the world’s imagination since its maiden flight in 1969. With personal accounts written by former pilots and crew members, it covers Concorde’s history, her technology as well as her undisputed and timeless charisma. Moreover, this volume will focus on her legacy and the ambitious undertaking of bringing one Concorde back to service as a heritage aircraft. Included is a download video about Concorde.

208 pages, Hardcover

Published April 19, 2019

Reviews

[Jose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read, filled with period pictures black and white and color, nice coffeetable book(no dustjacket) well-researched, I did not like one of the pilot's interviewed and of course Macmillian alluding to How the Americans did not use Brains but Money for their SST program and the later regarding American Jealousy. Other than that the Author presents good ancedotes from people who flew The Concorde, On it, serviced it and so on. Can't wait for the subsequent edition, aside from the 747 and 737 this my Favorite as well,only sad thing is that it was a Subsidized Program by two respective Governments it would have worked had it been A Private affair. I loved reading every bit of this book and marveling how This Great bird came to fruition through the pictures, I saw a BA Concorde on Static Display in NYC. There is a good section on the competition American SST, The failed Soviet Program and what the future may bring. Fascinating Book.