The Concorde Fiasco
Author : Andrew Wilson
Publisher : Puffin Books
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 41,34 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : Andrew Wilson
Publisher : Puffin Books
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 41,34 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : Samme Chittum
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 28,16 MB
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1588346293
The gripping true tale of a devastating plane crash, the investigation into its causes, and the race to prevent similar disasters in the future. On July 25, 2000, a Concorde, the world's fastest passenger plane, was taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris when it suddenly burst into flames. An airliner capable of flying at more than twice the speed of sound, the Concorde had completed 25 years of successful flights, whisking wealthy passengers--from diplomats to rock stars to corporate titans--between continents on brief and glamorous flights. Yet on this fateful day, the chartered Concorde jet, en route to America, crashed and killed all 109 passengers and crew onboard and four people on the ground. Urgent questions immediately arose as investigators scrambled to discover what had gone wrong. What caused the fire? Could it have been prevented? And, most urgently, was the Concorde safe to fly? Last Days of the Concorde addresses these issues and many more, offering a fascinating insider's look at the dramatic disaster, the hunt for clues, and the systemic overhauls that followed the crash.
Author : Ann Byers
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 38,80 MB
Release : 2002-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780823936731
Recounts the crash of the Concorde in 2000, events leading up to the tragedy, the investigation that followed, and ramifications of the first fatal accident involving this supersonic passenger jet.
Author : George Cramoisi
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 19,80 MB
Release : 2010-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0557849500
On Tuesday 25 July 2000 Air France Flight AFR 4590, a Concorde registered F-BTSC, took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle, to undertake a charter flight to New York with nine crew members and one hundred passengers on board. During takeoff from runway 26 right at Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport, a tyre was damaged. A major fire broke out. The aircraft was unable to gain height or speed and crashed onto a hotel, killing all 109 people on board and 4 on the ground. The crash would become the end of the Concorde era.
Author : John Costello
Publisher : Scribner Book Company
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 10,25 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Transportation
ISBN :
Author : Graham M Simons
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 21,58 MB
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0752476939
An innovation in aviation development, Concorde was the subject of political rivalry, deceit and treachery from its very inception. After their failure to be the first nation to develop a jet airliner for transatlantic flight or to send spacecraft into space, the US Government was adamant that they would beat other nations to the goal of supersonic flight and so development of the SST began. However, with McNamara and Shurcliff's negative attitudes to the project, it was soon killed off. Thus began the 'if we cannot do it, neither can you' attitude towards other countries' efforts for supersonic flight. This is the story of ten years of behind-the-scenes political intrigue, making use of inside information from two American presidents and the Federal Aviation Authority, as well as recently declassified papers from the CIA and President Kennedy on how the Americans planned to destroy Concorde and their own American SST. Lavishly illustrated with black and white and colour images throughout, Concorde Conspiracy is a must read for any enthusiast on supersonic flight and anyone who enjoys a real-life conspiracy.
Author : John F. Davis
Publisher :
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 32,1 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Science
ISBN :
Om Concorde-flyets udvikling og problemer hermed
Author : Open University. Introduction to Materials Course Team
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 18,81 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Airframes
ISBN :
Author : David Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 35,81 MB
Release : 2020-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1351186612
Transport and mobility history is one of the most exciting areas of historical research at the present. As its scope expands, it entices scholars working in fields as diverse as historical geography, management studies, sociology, industrial archaeology, cultural and literary studies, ethnography, and anthropology, as well as those working in various strands of historical research. Containing contributions exploring transport and mobility history after 1800, this volume of eclectic chapters shows how new subjects are explored, new sources are being encountered, considered and used, and how increasingly diverse and innovative methodological lenses are applied to both new and well-travelled subjects. From canals to Concorde, from freight to passengers, from screen to literature, the contents of this book will therefore not only demonstrate the cutting edge of research, and deliver valuable new insights into the role and position of transport and mobility in history, but it will also evidence the many and varied directions and possibilities that exist for the field’s future development.
Author : David Bloor
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 46,4 MB
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0226060934
Why do aircraft fly? How do their wings support them? In the early years of aviation, there was an intense dispute between British and German experts over the question of why and how an aircraft wing provides lift. The British, under the leadership of the great Cambridge mathematical physicist Lord Rayleigh, produced highly elaborate investigations of the nature of discontinuous flow, while the Germans, following Ludwig Prandtl in Göttingen, relied on the tradition called “technical mechanics” to explain the flow of air around a wing. Much of the basis of modern aerodynamics emerged from this remarkable episode, yet it has never been subject to a detailed historical and sociological analysis. In The Enigma of the Aerofoil, David Bloor probes a neglected aspect of this important period in the history of aviation. Bloor draws upon papers by the participants—their restricted technical reports, meeting minutes, and personal correspondence, much of which has never before been published—and reveals the impact that the divergent mathematical traditions of Cambridge and Göttingen had on this great debate. Bloor also addresses why the British, even after discovering the failings of their own theory, remained resistant to the German circulation theory for more than a decade. The result is essential reading for anyone studying the history, philosophy, or sociology of science or technology—and for all those intrigued by flight.