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Last Days of the Concorde

The Crash of Flight 4590 and the End of Supersonic Passenger Travel

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Last Days of the Concorde

By: Samme Chittum
Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
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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.

©2018 Cineflix Media Inc. and Smithsonian Institution (P)2019 Tantor Engineering Aviation Aviation History

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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.

Poor narration - interesting story

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Poor narration. Story generally good but not as good as Mike Bannisters book which is a lot more detailed

Ok not as good as Mike Bannisters book

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not the best first 2 hours is good then ive no idea about the rest to much information about build off plane

first 2 hours good

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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

Absolutely amazing

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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.

Great book

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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.

Narrater

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I simply couldn't manage more than an hour of what ought to be a thoroughly interesting listen because of the abysmal narration. The strange way the narrator alters her voice when reading quotes from the air traffic controller and the pilots is as bizarre as it is condescending. Several pronunciations also leave a lot to be desired. I'm sure the narrator has many fine qualities. Reading audio books, sadly, does not not seem to be one of them.

Terrible naration

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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!

Disappointing

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