From: Phil Payne 

> NFW that the elder George Bush would have flown an SR-71. You need training
> almost akin to an astronaut just to fly in one, as I remember from reading
> an Aviation Week & Space Technology report of an AW&ST
reporter who actually
> flew in one.

There's a general rule about fast jets - they don't carry passengers.  If
there's a second seat in there (apart from training models) it's because
there's a job to be done back there.  Once a second crew member is aboard,
some of the pilot's load (typically navigation) gets dumped on him.

I doubt very much that an SR-71 can be flown solo in safety.  It's a fun
story, though.

If they'd had that problem, they would just have arranged for BA to do a
"proving flight" in Concorde.  Since you don't have to land it at
some remote base, door-to-door is probably quicker.

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