Classic
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']ChristiaanJ,[/FONT]
Classic, I love it. You speak with a tone of classic British understatement. I seem to recall that hydrazine in the early-to-mid 40's would burn through any type of protective clothing w/o even a spark....although I wouldn't swear to it. Regardless, I can only imagine Concorde passengers, sipping champagne and watching ground-crew members in hazmat suits pumping 'something' into their plane. My great aunt and uncle flew on the Concorde dozens of times and never described such a scene. I could only imagine that it would be unnerving to the passengers, at best!
Thank you for the comments and kind words.