Branson spills ‘mile-high’ secret of liaison

London: Richard Branson, the 57-year-old chairman of Virgin Atlantic Airways, today admitted that he was a fully paid-up member of “the mile-high club” — a euphemism for those who claim to have had sex during a flight.
It was not on one of his own planes, though, but when he was only 19 years old and flying to America on an airline operated by Freddie Laker, the British pioneer who dreamt up the novel concept of cheap trans-Atlantic flights.
“I was sitting in economy on a Freddie Laker flight, next to this very attractive lady, as we headed to LA,” said Branson, in an interview with GQ, a men’s magazine. “We got chatting and it went a bit further. And it was every man’s dream, to be honest. I was about 19, I think.”
“I remember getting off the plane and she turned to me and said, ‘Look, it’s slightly embarrassing but I am meeting my husband at arrivals, would you mind holding back a bit...’. But it was a memorable flight.”
He added: “The problem with plane loos generally is that they are very small, and the acrobatics can’t take too long because there’s no room and people start banging on the door. What I remember vividly is seeing four handprints on the mirror as we finished, and thinking I’d better wipe them off.”
Branson has always maintained that private bedrooms would be easy to introduce on the A380 superjumbo, which Vijay Mallya, among other prospective purchasers, is committed to buying.
At the time, he said: “We have a lot of honeymoon couples who fly on Virgin, and a lot of couples who have been together for many years. There is no reason why they shouldn’t cuddle up on board like they would at home.”
29/07/07 Amit Roy/The Telegraph

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Categories: Foreign Jul 2007