For an interesting (albeit technical at times) discussion of the thrust reverser system on Concorde, a good place to look is the Professional Pilots Rumour Network (aka PPrune) which has been referred to here @ FT several times.

They also have interesting thoughts on what might have caused the crash. Moreover, they really hate non-specialist journalists who report on aviation matters.

If you think FT can be intimidating, I've been reading PPrune for almost as long as I've been reading FT, and I wouldn't even dream of posting there (I only have a couple hours in a Cessna under my belt) but it's fascinating stuff if you're interested in aviation business and the way the world works for pilots.

Greg
http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/For...ML/009030.html