As a former Concorde pilot puts it, "You don't actually hear anything on board.

Concorde pilots were routinely trained to handle double engine failure.

Barbara Harmer (14 September 1953 - 20 February 2011) was the first qualified female Concorde pilot.

As a result Concorde pilots must use their brains to operate controls that on newer subsonic jets are run by computer.

Burst tires have been a worry for Concorde pilots since the plane entered service in early 1976, British aviation experts say.

The Concorde pilot would be in New York by then.

Then there's going to be one tiny whisper out of somewhere that the Concorde pilot tried to shout "Missile!"

He became a Concorde pilot and instructor in 1976, flying the aircraft for 10 years.

It reveals what it is like to fly Concorde, and the training procedures to which Concorde pilots are subjected.

A British Airways spokesman, John Lampl, said the Concorde pilot saw red lights and realized it was either another plane or a truck.