Concerned with the background to Concorde, in particular some of the problems which occurred when designing and building an airliner for supersonic flight. Covers various aspects of the problem including: pioneering problems, airframe stresses, design, temperature problem, structure and assembly. Contains some animated sequences. Narrated by Nick Reid.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
002318
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Aerodynamics
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Aeronautics
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Airplanes
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Airplanes - Design and construction
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Airplanes - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Concorde (Jet transports)
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)