Dad got to fly it one time. He was on a business trip to France, meeting up with a German colleague for the visit. When he was done and arrived at CDG for the

Dad got to fly it one time. He was on a business trip to France, meeting up with a German colleague for the visit. When he was done and arrived at CDG for the flight home, it turned out that Air France was going on strike and he was going to be stuck in Paris for a few days until everyone went back to work (not the worst place to be stranded...) But his German colleague, who wasn't so much German as Prussian, felt this was unacceptable and went up to the counter and started yelling at the ticket agent. After 10 minutes of this, the agent shrugged and got dad the last seat on the Concorde (he was watching the clock for when the strike was to start anyway, so what did he care). Dad was 6'3" (190cm) so it was a tight fit. But he said it was a memorable flight and something he was glad to have gotten the ability to do.