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A Requiem for Speed Records
Road & Track via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Requiem for Speed Recordsillustration by Tim McDonagh It’s been a quarter century since the Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier, reaching 763 mph. Will...
What is the fastest car in the world? And other speed records for man-made travel.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAverage, non-competitive runners typically run around nine to 10 minutes per mile — or 6 to 6.7 mph...
2 passenger planes surpassed 800 mph on recent flights with strong winds. That's over 200 mph faster...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA United Airlines Boeing 787.JanValls/Urbanandsport /NurPhoto via Getty Images On Saturday, a Virgin...
Some flights are hitting 800 mph due to high winds —and landing early
CBS News via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoNear record wind speeds resulted in multiple international flights over the weekend exceeding 800...
Here's what happens during a sonic boom
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons.US Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Lotz A sonic boom is the loud noise that results when something breaks...
Mighty Wind Propels Commercial Jets Faster Than Speed of Sound
Futurism via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJet Set A massive jet stream formed over the mid-Atlantic region this past weekend, pushing...
International flights recently clocked speeds over 800 mph, propelled by record winds
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSome passengers aboard international flights arrived at their destinations earlier than expected...
How fast could you drive the Daytona 500 if there were no rules? 'What If' video goes to extremes
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo Sports· 5 months ago"What if you ignored all the rules of car racing and had a contest which was simply to get a human...
Transatlantic airplanes are flying at the ‘speed of sound’ right now. Here’s why
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoStrong jet streams across the Atlantic are seeing passenger airplanes knock more than an hour off...
How a Virgin Atlantic flight accidentally went faster than the speed of sound
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoExtremely strong winds high above the Atlantic pushed commercial flights close to record-breaking...