NEWSFLASH!

This being essentially an R&D aircraft (or A&R, as Wilson inexplicably insisted on calling it), there was no passenger seating. 

Even so the Concorde fuselage seemed very narrow – cramped, even – with barely room to stand upright.

While we were admiring the plane, a NewsFlash pinged on my phone.

Taking it from my pocket, I read that a man in Seattle has stolen a large passenger aircraft, performed loops and barrel-rolls then crashed it into an island, killing himself!

Accordingly, I kept a VERY close eye on Wilson – especially as we neared the Flight Deck…