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Old 29th Nov 2023, 18:26
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tdracer
 
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Stumbled on an interesting program on the TV last night - "Concorde - The Untold Story"
Two-part program (one hour each - closer to 45 minutes after commercials) but shown back-to-back. A good history of the three country 'race' to build a commercial SST, with what ultimately happened with the Boeing 2707 and Tupolev 144 (including how fitting the "Concordski" nickname was given the level of Soviet espionage that went on to steal Concorde technology so they could make the thing work).
A bit simplistic in some of the explanations of the technology and such, but understandable given that most people who watch won't have Aerospace Engineering degrees
Produced by MTV, at least on this side of the pond it's being shown on The Smithsonian Channel.
Hopefully it'll be made available on other sources for those who don't get Smithsonian.
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