Branson: I'm no mile-high club virgin

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2007

LONDON (AFP) — Richard Branson, the Virgin Atlantic airline chief, lifted the lid on how he joined the mile-high club in a plane toilet, in interview extracts released Sunday.

The British entrepreneur said it was "every man's dream," adding that he had to wipe handprints off the toilet mirror following the high-flying high jinks.

The 57-year-old knight also admits to having tried cocaine, ecstasy and Viagra, in the forthcoming edition of GQ monthly men's magazine.

"I was sitting in economy on a Freddie Laker flight, next to this very attractive lady, as we headed to Los Angeles," said the boss of Virgin Atlantic.

"We got chatting and it went a bit further. And it was every man's dream, to be honest. I was about 19," the tycoon boasted.

"I...

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