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This is my page to Concorde. Below are a list of documents and Concorde related items and web links that you may find interesting. Some you may have seen before and some may be new to you. If you have a Concorde Link that you think i might be interested in, then email me on email@barrymoore.org.

Very Brief history

There were a total of 20 Concordes built. 7 were bought by British Airways and 5 by Air France. The others were prototypes and test models. The last Concorde was retired in 2003. Most of the Concordes now retired are scattered in Museums around the world. I've been to a few and you can see my links below to photos i took while i was there. For all the information you could ever need on Concorde check out my list of resources on this page. A great place to start is at http://www.concordesst.com however.

My Visits to Concorde

F-BVFA : Number 205. Air France Concode at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazt center at Dulles Airport in Washington D.C. USA.
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For more info on this Concorde check out : http://www.concordesst.com/205.html

G-BOAD : Number 210. Intreped Air & Space Museum, New York , USA.
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For more info on this Concorde check out : http://www.concordesst.com/210.html

G-BOAC : Number 204. Manchester Airport, England, UK.
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For more info on this Concorde check out : http://www.concordesst.com/204.html

Concorde - The Inside Story (Brian Trubshaw) This is one of the classic Concorde books written by the English Test pilot for the COncorde Programme back in the 70s. It is a highly illustrated book full of photographs and technical drawings and charts which really help to give a great overview of the aireplane. In addition to this, Brian Trubshaw also gives an insight into some of the political issues and anecdotes from his time on the project. For example he has a rare photograph in the book of one of the early concordes in a hanger with the nose way in the air because of a fuel transfer error. A great book and one that i recommend. I bought my copy in Barnes & Noble in the USA. It was reduces from $29.95 to $14.95 (i got a lucky bargan). ISBN: 0-7509-2811-5 from Sutton Publishing .	Concorde - The full story (Brian Calvert) This is the first book i bought on Concorde. The book was written by Brian Calvert who was the Flight Manager for BA, he was responsible for deciding how the aeroplane would be flown in the airline. He was a pilot and flew Concorde. The first edition of this book was in 1981 and as such it is not as polished with color diagrams and photographs as much of the others are. However this is a great book for exploring the technology and how it was used to overcome a great deal of problems to get a passenger airline to 2 times the speed of sound. For example to discusses the radiation meter fitted to Concorde to measure the effects of solar flare radiation of the passengers and crew when concorde was flying at very high altitiudes. He also gives the best description of INS (Inertia Navigation System) than any other book i have read. An older book, but very much an authority on Concorde and a great read. Mine cost 16.99GBP from Amazon.co.uk. ISBN : 1-84037-352-0.
Concorde and the Americans (Kenneth Owen) Coming soon...	The Concorde Experience This is a nice little pop up book on the Concorde that i picked up at the Udvar-hayzee Air and space museum, Virgina, USA. It is a publication of the national Museum of Scotaland. It's not exactly a book and it's not exactly a pamphlet. It is however a great little read with some pictures that i'd not seen before. I paid $6.95 for my copy. The ISBN is1-901663-97-3. Try http://www.nms.ac.uk/concorde for more info.
The Concorde Story (Peter March) Coming soon...	La View du CONCORDE F-BVFB (Edouard Chemel) Coming Soon
. The Concorde Story (Christopher Ordebar) Coming soon...	CONCORDE (Kev Darling) Coming Soon

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