Concorde Manual (Owners' Workshop Manual) Hardcover – January 1, 2011

Like most of the Owners workshop manuals this one about the Concorde does a fantastic job of giving you insight into one of the most amazing commercial aircraft made. It tells you some general history and then of course some diagrams of the aircraft. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning about such an incredible craft and why it isn't around today.

Awesome info about the plane

Excellent quality book. Wish all my other books had this hard cover. A lot of good pictures and tons of information.

I enjoyed the book, some great items on the Concorde's history and development, I was just hoping for some more detailed blueprints and analysis, just me I suppose.

bought as gift. Nice book.

Great background book for fuller umderstanding

Firstly I must congratulate Haynes and Messrs. Leney and Macdonald in publishing this excellent book on Concorde. As Concorde Captain and Flight Engineer respectively, David Leney and David Macdonald are authorities on this subject.This 160-page book is organized into seven major sections. "The Concorde Story" gives a short history of Concorde and sets the context for the technical sections to follow. "Anatomy of Concorde" deals with the division of responsibility between the British and the French and the major structural components of the aircraft. "The Power to Move - Rolls-Royce Olympus 593" is on the powerplant - meaning the intake, the engine proper, the nozzle as well as necessary coordination between the airframe and the powerplant. "Flightdeck" describes the major panels in Concorde flightdeck, and that of course includes the flight engineer's panel. The next three sections describe the operation of Concorde from the points of view of the pilots, the flight engineer and the ground support crew.Having flown Concorde on flight simulators (at various levels of sophistication) for years and been collecting technical papers and books on Concorde (of course, not forgetting the much heralded ITVV Concorde videos by Captain David Rowland et al.), I find the contents predictable. Yet it is refreshing, in that Messrs. Leney and Macdonald put the various bits of information into one coherent whole, not to forget their witty remarks! The various demonstration pictures (for instance, on starting procedures), were probably taken very recently, as the flags are over the gauges (implying that the aircraft is unpowered). However, these should not diminish the quality of the work in that they are amply supplemented by liberal amounts of fine pictures of the aircraft flying and in operation. In addition, not many books describe the maintenance of Concorde in such a fine fashion as this book (barring, of course, the technical papers and the literally real manual).This book should find its position among all the Concorde fans though it means different things to different people. For the uninitiated, it provides a very good introduction on the historical, technical and operational aspects of the aircraft. For the serious enthusiasts, the book is an anchor of the Concorde collection - just as multiplication table is to mathematics students. For those who had worked on Concorde, the nice memories this book bring should give them a smile day after day!If you would like to know more about Concorde, I suggest that you look out of various papers written by those involved in the Concorde project and published in various journals - BSEL/Rolls-Royce Technical Papers, Aircraft Engineering, etc. - or as books.I highly recommend any Concorde fans or those who simply like to find out more about Concorde to get the book!

purchased to add to my ever expanding collection of Haynes non-car manuals... I purchased these for reference when model building, due to the excellent closeups of component parts and the info inside gives you a great insight into the working/development of the subject.The Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde Haynes manual is a worthy addition to the range, with sections on development, operation, servicing and history. The author was a previous concorde crew member, and his love and affection for this former majestic aircraft is evident throughout. Technology such as the drop nose and revolutionary air intakes is explained in a simple, but effective manner, and the wealth of photos (mainly from the author's career with Concorde) is a welcome addition.Highly recommended reference book for this unique aircraft.

Well this flew through the letterbox surprisingly fast! Its a birthday gift so other than that i cant comment. But i was super pleased at the supersonic delivery.

these books are really good, loads of pictures and information, they are fascinating. they are not actual workshop manuals for the aircraft as that would be like several telephone directories worth of information but they highlight some of the technical advances relevant to each aircraft in simple terms. I like these books so much that i've decided to start collecting them. Good stuff.

Bought this for my husband who is interested in Planes. I feared that he was intending to build a life sized model of Concorde in the garden. However having looked at the book I have found it very interesting as there are lots of interesting facts and figured in this interesting hard backed book. Thankfully our garden is a little small for the full sized aircraft!

I would definitely recommend this company! I ordered a book for my uncles 93rd birthday and I received excellent customer service! As a bonus, my uncle loved the book as well!