Concorde

Get into the cockpit with an evocative memoir and highs-and-lows-history of Concorde by Mike Bannister (b.1949), a Concorde pilot since 1977 and British Airways’ Chief Concorde Pilot from 1995. A very personal history in memories of the supersonic aeroplane’s sound-barrier-breaking technology, the glamour of travel, and the many people the author met who kept Concorde at the pinnacle of passenger aviation. Spanning the 1950s to the 2010s, the book captures the Concorde era; from first flight in 1969, to the tragedy of Air France Flight 4590 in 2000 and the subsequent court case; through to the Concorde Experience at Brooklands Museum, where the flight simulator puts thousands behind the iconic aeroplane’s controls in the 21st century. With memories of the BOAC training centre at Hamble, VC10s, a fly-past above The Mall for Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee in 2002, and the final international Concorde flight landing at Heathrow in 2003. Fascinating insight and technical analysis, with a useful glossary and cross-section diagram. Sure to delight aeronautical enthusiasts and anyone who did, wished they could have, flown on the cutting-edge aircraft.

Paperback
20 x 13cm
452 pages
Illustrated with 51 colour photographs and 7 black-and-white photos/illustrations
FSC accredited paper