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Concorde (Crowood Aviation Series)

By Kev Darling

Book information

Publisher
The Crowood Press
Year
2004
ISBN
1861266545, 9781861266545
Open Library ID
OL22584179M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
102 MB (107411294 bytes)
Pages
103\103
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Concorde is the only successful supersonic airliner that there has ever been. The product of collaboration between British and French aviation industries, Concorde first flew in 1969, and entered service in 1976. By the time of it first commercial flight the high hopes for the aircraft's adoption by airlines across the world had evaporated. In the end only its home country's flag carriers, Air France and British Airways, operated the aircraft, on scheduled services between London, New York, Paris, Washington. The crash of one of Air France's machines, and the drop-off in passenger numbers following the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks, signaled the end for Concorde. It was retired from service during 2003.

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