Название: Concorde Conspiracy: The Battle for American Skies 1962-77
Автор: Graham M Simons
Издательство: The History Press
ISBN: 0752463659
Год: 2012
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 16,0 МБ
Язык: Английский
An innovation in aviation development, Concorde was the subject of political rivalry, deceit and treachery from its very inception. After their failure to be the first nation to develop a jet airliner for transatlantic flight or to send spacecraft into space, the US Government was adamant that they would beat other nations to the goal of supersonic flight and so development of the SST began.