Concorde Conspiracy (eBook)

The Battle for American Skies 1962-77

Graham M Simons (Autor)

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2012 | 1. Auflage
256 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7524-7693-3 (ISBN)

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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. However, with McNamara and Shurcliff's negative attitudes to the project, it was soon killed off. Thus began the 'if we cannot do it, neither can you' attitude towards other countries' efforts for supersonic flight. This is the story of ten years of behind-the-scenes political intrigue, making use of inside information from two American presidents and the Federal Aviation Authority, as well as recently declassified papers from the CIA and President Kennedy on how the Americans planned to destroy Concorde and their own American SST. Lavishly illustrated with black and white and colour images throughout, Concorde Conspiracy is a must read for any enthusiast on supersonic flight and anyone who enjoys a real-life conspiracy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2012
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Schlagworte: american SST • aviation history • central intelligence authority • CIA • federal aviation authority • Jet airliner • jet airliner, the history of transatlantic flight, robert mcnamara, william shurcliff, federal aviation authority, cia, central intelligence authority, president john kennedy, jfk, • jet airliner, the history of transatlantic flight, robert mcnamara, william shurcliff, federal aviation authority, cia, central intelligence authority, president john kennedy, jfk, The Battle for American Skies 1962-77, american SST, CIA, Supersonic flight, aviation history • jet airliner, the history of transatlantic flight, robert mcnamara, william shurcliff, federal aviation authority, cia, central intelligence authority, president john kennedy, jfk, The Battle for American Skies 1962-77, american SST, CIA, Supersonic flight, aviation history, the battle for american skies 1962-77 • JFK • President John Kennedy • Robert McNamara • supersonic flight • The Battle for American Skies 1962-77 • the history of transatlantic flight • william shurcliff
• ISBN-10: 0-7524-7693-9 / 0752476939
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-7693-3 / 9780752476933