We had planned to cross the Atlantic on her but before we could plan it, the accident at CDG had occurred and the type was grounded.G-BBDG is at Brooklands, and you can fly the simulator with a Concorde pilot in the right hand seat. That will be my consolation prize, and a visit to the museum at ...

Brooklands, where one third of components for every Concorde were built, has a very informative tour of Delta Golf, the first aircraft to break the sound barrier with 100 people on board. And you can fly the simulator in the right hand seat with a Concorde pilot in the other. I will do it one day.

I would rather look in wonder at the sites blindsided describes so well, one of the reasons to be up there in the first place. And the only thing worse than those shades is the idea of spending 20 hours in an aircraft, instead of the pleasures of short stopovers. Why fly over Singapore or somewhe...