to smash the current land speed record of 763 mph set in 1997. If everything goes according to plan, the car will eventually travel at 1,000 mph.

"Zero to a 1,000 miles an hour is 55 seconds, and then when we go through the measured mile it's 3.6 seconds ... a mile in 3.6 seconds. Then we gotta think about stopping," says Noble with a laugh.

Noble is no stranger to fast cars, he drove the Thrust2, which traveled at 633 mph, and broke the land speed record back in 1983. He was also the project director of the Thrust SSC, the team that broke the record in 1997.

"We achieved the first-ever supersonic land speed record with enormous supersonic bangs," Noble says of the 1997 victory. He's looking forward toMedia playback is unsupported on your device Media caption For the first time in it the island's history, Fair Isle residents can enjoy 24-hour electricity

Fair Isle, the remote island half way between Orkney and Shetland, is famed for its knitwear, migratory birds and, of course, its place in the shipping forecast.

Now, for the first time in its history, Britain's most remote community will also have a reliable electricity supply 24 hours a day.

The island, which is three miles long and one and a half miles wide, has a population of just 55.

Since the 1980s, power has come from a combination of wind turbines and a diesel generator, with no way of storing electricity.

And until now when there was no wind it was lights out between 11.30pm and 7.30am.

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