From the lefthand seat

What pilot, from the flyer of a light aircraft to the most braid-bedecked jetliner captain, has not dreamed of one day piloting Concorde? Some of us have realised this dream: Concorde is our field marshal’s baton. To those who are still hoping for the day when they will fly Concorde, we can say that this is a fantastic machine with a revolutionary wing which will bring them, too, new sensations and the same feel­ing of pride at taking a giant step up the ladder of speed.

It is the unusual that makes news, and every pilot must have felt the attraction of the unusual when seeing or reading about Concorde, for there is no denying that, in shape, the Anglo-French supersonic airliner differs markedly from what must now be regarded as “conventional” jet airliners.

Concorde’s unusual wingform also inevitably affects the pilot’s task considerably, and nowhere more than at low speeds.

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