Well, that brings back memories! 1132mph will always be a famous speed to me. The sort of exciting things which happened in the mid '50s! 'Droop snoot' came into the everday language of little lads in grey flannel shorts who thrilled to the reports of Peter Twiss belting up the Channel at low level and over 1000 mph!
Shame that it took the French to turn the design into a top notch fighter, the Mirage III. The UK threw the towel in thanks to the infamous 1957 Defence White Paper - and has never properly recovered.
I reckon that the FD 2 looked much neater than the BAC 221 - but both were classics in their wn right