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Last Days of the Concorde
- The Crash of Flight 4590 and the End of Supersonic Passenger Travel
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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Summary
The gripping true tale of a devastating plane crash, the investigation into its causes, and the race to prevent similar disasters in the future.
On July 25, 2000, a Concorde, the world's fastest passenger plane, was taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris when it suddenly burst into flames. An airliner capable of flying at more than twice the speed of sound, the Concorde had completed 25 years of successful flights, whisking wealthy passengers - from diplomats to rock stars to corporate titans - between continents on brief and glamorous flights. Yet on this fateful day, the chartered Concorde jet, en route to America, crashed and killed all 109 passengers and crew onboard and four people on the ground. Urgent questions immediately arose as investigators scrambled to discover what had gone wrong. What caused the fire? Could it have been prevented? And, most urgently, was the Concorde safe to fly? Last Days of the Concorde addresses these issues and many more, offering a fascinating insider's look at the dramatic disaster, the hunt for clues, and the systemic overhauls that followed the crash.
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- Hazel A
- 23-07-23
Ok not as good as Mike Bannisters book
Poor narration. Story generally good but not as good as Mike Bannisters book which is a lot more detailed
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-05-23
Poor narration - interesting story
I agree with other reviewers about the poor pronunciation. Most people should be able to pronounce the river Thames! The performance also lacked a conversational tone and tended to be declaimed. However, the story is fascinating and I put up with the narration for it's sake.
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- Shane canning
- 22-12-21
first 2 hours good
not the best first 2 hours is good then ive no idea about the rest to much information about build off plane
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- Anonymous User
- 08-02-22
Absolutely amazing
Love the book & the detailed story. I don’t speak French, but still, the pronunciation was great! Apart from the American ’aluminum’ .. that drives me crazy
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- Stephen
- 12-06-23
Great book
The author must be crying. There were several obvious mistakes made.
Knots per hour?
a conversion between miles per hour and meters per second that multiplied the speed by about 100...
Anyway, the lady reading it was not to know any different, but someone could have caught it.
it's a great book nonetheless.
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- paul baldwin
- 07-02-22
Narrater
A powerful poignant story ruined my poor narration from someone who clearly by the awful pronunciation had not a clue of what they were narrating.
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- Cameron Paterson
- 25-09-21
Disappointing
As an Engineer, a historian and a reader of many aviation history books, I looked forward to this detailed account of the tragic demise of that most wonderful of European aircraft — Concorde. However, I am left very frustrated with this over-detailed and repetitive account, and am thus moved to write this review. Although the flow is good and the depth of content is broadly satisfying, it could have been kept much more concise, without losing the vital detail. The continual translation of every technical measurement into both metric and imperial units is particularly grating (& entirely unnecessary). Matters are made considerably worse by the significant number of factual and technical inaccuracies throughout — there is no excuse for the obvious lack of fact checking and these mistakes then making it into print. Even more grating is the fairly awful narration — this is essentially a story featuring the French & the British, yet the American narrator was quite unable to correctly pronounce many of the (mainly English) names. Very irritating!
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