Peter R. March

This is an adorably sized book about the Concorde — more like a postcard than a standard paperback or hardcover. The layout does the sleek Concorde justice in the many photographs shown. Callout boxes with fun facts are sprinkled throughout the book, as are quotes from key figures involved in the production and operation of the world’s first and so far only supersonic passenger aircraft. I did notice a small error mixing up the locations of the troposphere and the stratosphere (the troposphere is below the stratosphere, not above it), but everything else seemed largely correct. This is all right for flipping through.… (más)