Concorde

The definitive account of the rise and fall of the iconic Concorde plane from British Airways former Chief Concorde Pilot

A remarkable storyDAILY EXPRESS
A stonking good readFLYER
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Whats it like to fly faster than a bullet?
Could you really glimpse the edge of space?
Why will we never see Concordes like again?

Mike Bannister was British Airways Chief Concorde Pilot. One of the few in that legendary aircrafts quarter-century of flight to fully understand both the planes intricate engineering and what it took to fly her at supersonic speeds.

In this definitive account of the rise and fall of the worlds greatest aircraft, Bannister explores its origins, development, service, highs, lows and, finally, the terrible crash which ended its flying life.

Part celebration, part history, part detective story and part courtroom drama, its almost as riveting as flying in Concorde itself - almost . . .
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Concorde represented the sheer wondrous genius of the human raceJEREMY CLARKSON