This stylishly illustrated book looks back at the future of air travel
and is as sleek and elegant as the Concorde aircraft it celebrates—now
in an enlarged edition.
When the first commercial Concorde flights zoomed off the runways in
Paris and London in the late 1960s, crossing the Atlantic in just under
three hours, they established a new standard for luxury flight. Powered
by 38,000 pounds of thrust and easily recognizable with its delta wing
and drooping nose, the Concorde jet embodied the pinnacle of aviation
technology and industrial design. It quickly became the preferred mode
of transatlantic flight for superstars and business moguls alike.
Opening with a lively history of the jet and how it changed travel, the
book focuses on the look and feel of the Concorde. Photos of the jet's
evolving interiors show how the original, starkly designed cabin gave
way to luxury seats and interiors designed by the likes of Raymond
Loewy, Sir Terence Conran and Andrée Putman. Filled with fascinating
historical and technical background, and drawn from the author's
personal collection of more than one thousand Concorde-related objects,
this elegant book offers rarely seen historical photography and
firsthand contributions from the people who helped create the Concorde
experience from take-off to landing and beyond.
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