Air France chief executive Jean-Cyril Spinetta says: "We will always remember those (crew and engineers) who, by making Concorde fly for almost three decades, enabled Air France to write one of the most beautiful pages in the history of aviation."

(And overheard at the Association of Medical Examiners Scientific Meeting in a lecture on back pain in Concorde pilots): "To those of you not familiar with the Concorde layout, the pilots sit up here at the pointy end." (Thanks to Nephew David Henderson).

Source: Flight International