Concorde: The Inside Story
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (964 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0750923938 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 187 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Brian Trubshaw was chief test pilot of the Concorde during its development phase. . His first book was BRIAN TRUBSHAW: TEST PILOT which Sutton published in 1998
This close association with Concorde affords him his unique position in offering the inside story of the aircraft, from the early days of its planning in the 1950s, through design and pre-flight testing, maiden flight and demonstrations, to certification and airline service. He also covers many other aspects of the programme, from the cripplingly high development and construction costs to sales and post-delivery modification. The author also offers his views on the next generation of supersonic passenger transport aircraft.. As chief test pilot for BAC in the 1960s, Brian Trubshaw was closely involved with the Anglo-French Concorde programme and flew the supersonic aircraft on its maiden flight in 1969, remaining a key member of the test programme after the aircraft entered airline service in 1967. The book reviews Concorde's 43-year service record with British Airways and Air France, along with the prospects for its continuation in airline service into the 21st century
Claudio Bompadre said An insight into technical tribulations of Concorde project. "Concorde" provides an engrossing and objective assessment of the famous program by Cpt Trubshaw, notwithstanding his close association with the entire project. In fact he was the Chief Test Pilot for the british side on the first joint-venture (Aerospatiale & British Aeronautical Corp.) in the european aviation history. His drive, energy and enthusiasm are widely recognized since he remained a key member of the Flight Test programme during development phase and even after the aircraft entered airline service.His professionality and objectivity . Inside Story But Not the Whole Story Randall Whitcomb This is a good book. It describes the lineage of Concorde fairly well, demonstrating graphically, and textually the French and British designs providing development information for Concorde.This book however TOTALLY neglects one of the most important sources of aerodynamic, structural, material, construction, economics, route analysis and other information necessary to produce the Concorde.This source of course is the Hawker-Siddeley Group. Nowhere in Trubby's book are the SST designs Hawker's produced in cooperation with BAC. When Avro Canada f. Lots of political, organizational and technical detal Carl Seglem I was looking for a good introduction and foundation for understanding Concorde and I thought this book along with Orlebar's would do the trick.I was very disappointed with this one, though. It devotes lots and lots of words to (from my point of view) arcane historical and political issues. After a couple chapters I just gave up and returned this book. I was very happy with the Orlebar and Calvert books.If you're interested in the detailed very insider-oriented story of Concorde, this may be the book for you. (And it appears from a number of the
About the Author Brian Trubshaw was chief test pilot of the Concorde during its development phase. His first book was BRIAN TRUBSHAW: TEST PILOT which Sutton published in 1998.