Concorde
The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

Concorde was part of my childhood. I had a poster of the aircraft on my bedroom wall along with the insignia of all the airlines who planned to buy it. I remember seeing its first flight on TV, and thinking when it was announced that its first commercial flight would be delayed until 1976 like that......more

This is the first time I am writing a review here. Ive just read the book and I couldnt get any faster to Goodreads to leave 5-Stars. I highly recommend this book. To people who love planes. To people who are scared of them. To people who love reading. To everyone. Its just a POV of a man growing an......more

Such an incredible story of such an incredible aircraft. The details and history related in this book left me awestruck and a little melancholic, knowing I'll never have the opportunity to fly on this legendary airliner. Mike Bannister is likely the most qualified person alive to tell this story, al......more

100 pages less and would have been a 4......more

Great mix of engineering, politics, new technology, first-hand stories and anecdotes, basically the type of "business saga" that gets me fired up. The Concorde was a fascinating airplane! Bannister (and presumably his editor) did a pretty great job at turning his experience with the Concorde into a......more