Public interest in the Concorde story shows little sign of abating,
despite the aircraft having been retired from airline service in
November 2003. With British Airways' Concordes now on public display at
various locations around the world, including examples at Heathrow
Airport, Bristol (Filton), Yeovilton (Fleet Air Arm Museum), Weybridge
(Brooklands Museum), Manchester (Museum of Science and Technology) and
the Museum of Flight in Scotland (East Fortune) the time is ripe for a
budget-priced pocket-sized layman's chronological account of the
Concorde story that will appeal to Concorde visitors and Concorde
enthusiasts alike. The Concorde Story is an attractive picture-led
account with a short but authoritative text supported by a comprehensive
selection of 80 colour and black and white photographs showing Concorde
at all stages of its life. Peter R. March's narrative covers the
background (how it came about, from drawing board to first flight);
testing times (development flying and proving the aircraft); the fight
for survival (political and airline problems); into service
(transatlantic routes with BA and Air France); success and disaster
(records, passenger appeal and tragedy in Paris); and grounded (the
final year and the end of the story - or is it really?)
