Concorde and the Americans: International Politics of the Supersonic Transport (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series)
By Kenneth Owen.
Description
The Concord entered Airline service in 1976and remains today a technological triumph, flying daily between New York and Europe at twice the speed of sound. But the life of this supersonic transport (SST) has been beset by bitter political contoversies over it's environmental and economic effects, and by strained diplomatic relations between the United States, France and Britain. Outlining the economic obstacles that more than twwenty years of Concorde service have failed to overcome, Owen argues that development of the Concorde rested in twin fallacies of the late 1950s: that supersonu...
ISBN(s)
1560987367, 9781560987369
