Concorde Pilot: Special Flights

In 1985, the author, a Concorde pilot, made his first "presidential flight." In this book, he reveals the mysteries of these special flights...

Through delightful anecdotes, he immerses the reader in the unique atmosphere of official flights. With President Mitterrand in Indonesia, Japan, Canada, Quebec, India, and Pakistan. With Jacques Chirac, during his lightning raid to Noumea, or with Pope John Paul II during his pastoral tour of the Indian Ocean in 1989.

Bernard Marchand recounts the progress of these special missions and takes the opportunity to introduce us to supersonic flight, its particularities and its sometimes difficult aspects. He clearly explains the formation of the supersonic boom and its propagation, the operation of the air intakes of Concorde's engines, miracles of technology. The reader also discovers the lives of these crews who allowed this legendary aircraft to be admired all over the world.