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Old 2nd Jun 2002, 13:14
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I remember a story which comes from the time when Prince Charles was going through the RAF flying training scheme. He was allocated to a flying instructor, and the instructor asked his squadron boss "How do I treat him? This is not a normal flying training situation."

The boss replied "Simple. You treat him just like any other student - who's going to be King one day."

And that's the answer for Concorde- it's just like any other aeroplane - except where it's different.

For a detailed answer to your very complicated question read "Flying Corcorde" by Brian Calvert, published by Fontana paperbacks in 1981 - reference number 0 00 636290 7 AVIATION. I doubt whether it's still in print, but you could probably find it in car boot sales or track it down though the internet by a search through specialist second-hand book dealers.

And no-one gets selected for Concorde until they've had 10-20 years of flying something else first - and they're considered to be quite good.
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