</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">During take-off and just as Captain Paul Douglas called for the aircraft's supersonic engines to have extra thrust, the plane lurched sharply to the left.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">Do Concorde PF's routinely ask for 50% at line up and then the rest at about (presumably 100kts)? . .. .I think the public should be told.. .. .Or, did any of the reheats' fail to light. Hardly 'Breaking News' is it?