Thanks Bluestar51
; I've just been trying to inject some technical perspective into this topic.
G-BOAB, certainly flew on her many times. The most 'fun' flights of all were the C of A renewal test flights, these involved taking the aircraft outside the normal envelope (Max Altitude, Mmo etc), to monitor the performance of critical A/C systems. (eg. Powerplant, Flying Controls, AFCS etc). Several interesting procedures would be employed. One such procedure involved a 'flat' acceleration to around Mach 2.1 (Mmo being M2.04). The most incredible event of all however, was a supersonic zoom climb to 63,000', (Normal maximum was 60,000') ending with a simultaneous reduction of engine power and perfectly orchestrated pushover. During this steep zoom climb, Mach number never even reduced to much below M1.8, and you tended to ask yourself "is this REALY an airliner?' AMAZING!! During the bunt manoevre, you were semi-weightless for several seconds and if you gently tossed your pen into the air, it tended to 'hang' there for a second or two.
All of this tended to make you realise what a truly amazing aircraft Concorde was. (As a matter of interest also, G-BOAB was the first British Concorde to achieve Mach 2 on her maiden flight).