As Owen notes, its history presents "an outstanding example of how not to develop and build a supersonic airliner-or any other high-technology product" (p. 171). ... The Concorde began with a 1958 report on the possibilities of SST by British aircraft designers and with the 1959 commitment to SST by Harold M. ... American analysts saw the Concorde's head start as an actual blessing. ... FAA reports and memoranda, and presidential records, especially at the Lyndon B. ... The book never rises above the author's "inside story" approach. ...

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