Originally Posted by
WannaBeBiggles
An approximate 700 kt (or read ~1300
kmph) tail wind should have given that away that he was having you on...
Just when I got used to having to think in feet for vertical distance, miles for horizontal distance (unless its a runway, when you use metres), pounds for weight in the aeroplane and kilograms for weight outside the aeroplane, litres off the bowser to gallons in the tanks...
Now you introduce kilo- miles per hour?