Concorde: The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner

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.

About the author

Jonathan Glancey ist der Architektur- und Design-Korrespondent des "Guardian" und Mitherausgeber von "World Architecture". Er schreibt für "Vogue", "Elle Decoration" und "The World of Interiors". Glancey ist Autor zweier Bücher über moderne englische Architektur.

Summary

A new and boldly original history of the iconic aircraft, by the bestselling author of Spitfire: The Biography and Harrier.

Foreword

A new and boldly original history of the iconic aircraft, by the bestselling author of Spitfire: The Biography and Harrier.

Report

A thoughtful hymn to a great symbol of the analogue age... Concorde will be the standard long read on the subject for a good few years The Times

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Glancey
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.07.2016
• EAN: 9781782391098
• ISBN: 978-1-78239-109-8
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Aircraft, space travel; History, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / History, TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / Commercial, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, General and world history, History of engineering & technology, Aircraft and aviation