Loved and missed like no other aeroplane, Concorde is part celebration, part history, part detective story and part courtroom drama. To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Anglo-French treaty that marked Concorde’s inception, former Concorde Chief Pilot, Mike Bannister will publish a personal account of the most distinctive, iconic and awe-inspiring flying machine in history. Mike’s writing style - you feel as though he’s telling you the story as if he’s talking to you directly (I bet the audio book is good) - makes for a surprisingly easy read.

I found this to be a real page turner, which highlighted how “human factors” played a far more important role than a simple strip of metal on the runway. It is now thought the wheels hit a small ridge in the runway at 100 knots, dislodging a piece of the undercarriage which broke off and hit fuel tank number two. The sense of class, excitement and insight into a cultural club of passengers that used the aircraft was also vividly told. We want to ensure everyone across the city has access to health, fitness and entertainment facilities.Mike has offered a fresh perspective, and this is an all-round good read that is highly recommended. From displaying Concorde with the Red Arrows over London to landing her back at Heathrow in her last scheduled flight in October 2003, he has seen Concorde's full journey. What is of somewhat shocking interest is the large volume devoted to the real story of the crash of Air France 4590. The author makes a convincing case that Concorde was already on fire due to a wheel modification Air France, unlike British Airways, had failed to make, before it hit a piece of metal belonging to a Continental Airlines DC10 which had just taken off, and also that the plane’s fuel tanks had been overfilled, leaving no space for the energy of impact to be absorbed which then caused a fire to ignite, that the crew hadn’t taken account of a headwind and the aircraft was overweight, with the result it took off at a speed which was too slow which ensured it couldn’t reach nearby Le Bourget airport for an emergency landing and evacuation.

I throughly encourage those who read this to listen to the audiobook so that the man himself can regale you with his and Concordes story in a level of depth both aviation professionals and non professionals will enjoy. Concorde thereafter gained a new lease of life, notably branching out into the lucrative charter market. There were a few boring bits about his career and aviation procedures, but they were important in the storytelling.The sixties technology on the plane was an incredible achievement, but this book is more about flying the plane and the business side than it is about how the plane worked.

Flying over Windsor Castle, she once remarked: "I can see my sister's home - the Royal Standard is flying.

Visit Concorde - England You selected Englandto go and visit Concorde, Please select from the map where in England you would like to go and see one of these fantastic and unique aircraft. Concorde's first60,000 could curvature a million miles of commercial flights came in 1976 between London and Bahrain, and Paris and Rio de Janeiro. I was on Concorde for 22 years, so I felt I needed to capture the story of an incredible aeroplane," he says. The reconstruction team at Brooklands, led by Gordon Roxburgh, gave the Surrey students the job of reconditioning the air intakes.

I’ve been captivated by her my entire life and so couldn’t be more thrilled to be publishing Mike’s wonderful book. Beautifully written striking the perfect balance between technical and engineering detail, passion for the subject and human emotion. Courts and pitches are available for casual use or for regular weekly or monthly use block bookings are available. This book is not only an interesting read for all of those fascinated by Concorde, it is also very readable / approachable to those new to the topic of Concorde or aviation itself.

The only downside was that I think that the Paris crash and its aftermath - though his revelations were surprising and different to what had been reported in the news - occupied too much of the book. Part celebration, part detective story, and part courtroom drama, ‘Concorde’ is the definitive story of the World’s greatest aeroplane. For over 10 years he was extensively involved as an expert witness and lead technical advisor in the 'Air France Concorde Trial.