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The Anti-Concorde Project was founded in 1966 by Richard Wiggs (a school teacher) to oppose the development of supersonic passenger transport. Wiggs positioned the Concorde as a test case in the confrontation between the environment and technology. [1]
He co-founded the Citizens' League Against the Sonic Boom, and was a member of the advisory committee to the Anti-Concorde Project. [5] "Shurcliff, as much as anyone in the United States, deserves credit for making it politically impossible to fly SST's over populated areas." [6]
She was a member of the advisory committee to the Anti-Concorde Project. Brian Harrison recorded 2 oral history interviews with Stocks, in April and May 1974, as part of the Suffrage Interviews project, titled Oral evidence on the suffragette and suffragist movements: the Brian Harrison interviews. [6]
Concorde had initially held a great deal of customer interest, but the project was hit by order cancellations. The Paris Le Bourget air show crash of the competing Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 had shocked potential buyers, and public concern over the environmental issues of supersonic aircraft – the sonic boom , take-off noise and pollution – had ...
Sir James Arnot Hamilton KCB MBE (2 May 1923 – 24 May 2012) was a British aircraft designer who helped design Concorde and the SEPECAT Jaguar. He also served as the permanent secretary of the Department for Education. Specialising in wing design, he was largely responsible for Concorde's distinctive wing.
The Democratic National Committee projected anti-Trump campaign slogans onto Trump Tower in Chicago on Sunday, one day before the Demo c ratic c onvention kicks off.. The messages include "Trump ...
The Houthis, who control much of western Yemen, including the capital city of Sana’a, have been waging war against Yemen’s internationally recognized government and a Saudi-led coalition since ...
Soviet interest in Concorde was discussed on Wednesday 14 May 1969 at the International Security Conference in the US. It was said that East Germany was the hub of Soviet industrial espionage in Europe. [3] [4] On Friday 2 October 1981, Soviet interest in Concorde was discussed on Newsnight. A former spy said that the Soviets may have been ...