As others have done before, I'd like to add my thanks to the many contributors who continue to make this such an engrossing thread
As I look to my left, on the wall is a framed, fading, roughly A2 photo of three of these fabulous aircraft, outside the hangar at Filton in the mid-seventies - presented to my grandfather, who worked there on Concorde production. When I was about ten years old, I was lucky enough to be taken by him on a tour of the works, and can remember being allowed to have a good look around the inside of the aeroplane.
The photo that hangs next to it was taken a few years ago by my bestest flying buddy, Alex, as we thermalled out together over the Brecon Beacons, sitting in bucket seats, suspended, by looms of kevlar, from large, sailcloth kites...
Not too difficult to see where my own inspiration for flying came from