Nothing I drove went anywhere near 1000, but I was on Concorde a few times, most impressive memory was the hard undercarriage - seemed to transmit every pebble and crack on the runway. I have much more recently seen a ground speed of 745 mph in a 777 flying to Melbourne across the mainland. Doing the middle of the Indian Ocean and around the bottom I've seen 700 mph ground speed.

I go to Oz every summer (or winter to the Ozzists) and am always surprised by the groundspeed once you hit Darwin. There is almost always a 100-120kt tailwind. I don't know if it's a seasonal thing but it's most acceptable.

Oi, Dead Dog, have a word with yourself, will you?

Supersonic Car Gets Boost from RAF

There are plenty of jets faster than Typhoon at low level - in fact, due to its engine design and wing loading, the Typhoon is most unhappy at very high speed at low level; it p!sses fuel out the back and throws you about like a bucking bronco!

What a shame we never ran the old F3 at low level for the Guiness Book of Records...are there any still left in one piece at Leeming?

LJ