Westminster terrorist Khalid Masood referred to his murderous attack as an "exciting opportunity" in chilling handwritten notes made days earlier, an inquest has heard.
His final thoughts as he planned the atrocity were scrawled on a road atlas found in his rented car after he used it to plough through pedestrians before knifing a policeman to death.
An inquest into his victims' deaths heard he had been searching for Isis online along with other terrorist material.
Next to a map of the UK Masood wrote "previous examples" followed by "this life right time," "all outcomes are good so go ahead".
He drew a hand-drawn line to the word "sheikh".
Dominic Adamson, representing the widows of murdered police constable Keith Palmer, 48, and American tourist Keith Cochran, 54, said: "Under that word, chillingly, 'exciting opportunity.'"
Two days before the attack, Masood had searched for the driving capabilities of the Hyundai Tucson he had rented to carry out the attack.
He wrote "drive mode=sport mode" followed by "between seats" and "lock doors".
His scrawlings ended with the words "hatred motivation".
Adamson said: "The notes we see on this page seem to correlate with events happening in the days prior to the attack."
Counter-terror officer Detective Inspector Dan Brown agreed: "I think so. He was noting down his own thoughts."
But he added: "We know he was still looking for jobs at that time so it could be interpreted in a number of ways."
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