An SR-71 pilot told this story from his first flight with a new co-pilot(SR-71 was the USAF advanced ‘stealth’ reconnaissance aircraft known as the Blackbird).
An SR-71 and crew were flying over Southern California when a bug smasher came on the airwaves in a dorky voice:
Cessna 152: Ground Control, What’s my airspeed?
Ground Control: 100 at FL 100. A few moments later a cocky voice came on;
Mooney M20: Ground Control, What’s MY airspeed?
Ground Control: 240 at FL 240.
By this time the SR pilot was seething, but since communications were the duty of his new co-pilot, he remained silent. A few moments of radio silence passed, and in the calmest voice imaginable the co-pilot keyed in:
SR-71: Ground Control, What’s our airspeed?
Ground Control: 1875 at FL 800.
There were no more speed checks called in that afternoon, and the pilot knew that he had a cool partner in the back seat. He probably even earned a new cool callsign that day.