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The following is a list of speed records for various types of vehicles.This list only presents the single greatest speed achieved in each broad record category; for more information on records under variations of test conditions, see the specific article for each record category.
"80 days" (excluding a month in France) 1870 1870 By ships and trains, from New York City, perhaps inspiring Jules Verne [9] Nellie Bly: 72 14 November 1889 25 January 1890 Multiple means of transport, inspired by Jules Verne [10] George Francis Train: 67 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes 18 March 1890 24 May 1890 By ships and trains, from Tacoma ...
High-speed rail is the fastest and most efficient ground-based method of commercial transportation. However, due to requirements for large track curves, gentle gradients and grade separated track the construction of high-speed rail is more costly than conventional rail and therefore does not always present an economical advantage over ...
The fastest unmanned (but capable of carrying up to 8-10 people) spaceplane ever built [citation needed], weighing 100 tons or more. Flying between any two airports allow a large number of combinations , so setting a speed record ("speed over a recognised course") is fairly easy with an ordinary aircraft , although there are many administrative ...
Under the most common international definition of high-speed rail (speeds above 155 mph (250 km/h) on newly built lines and speeds above 124 mph (200 km/h) on upgraded lines), Amtrak's Acela is the United States' only true high-speed rail service, reaching 150 mph (240 km/h) over 49.9 miles (80.3 km) of track along the Northeast Corridor. [2]
Those in the fastest group walked about 4.1 miles an hour and exercised for about 45 minutes a day. Women in the slower group walked at a pace of 3.2 miles an hour and worked out for about 54 ...
A Canadian grandmother of 12 recently broke her second world record of the year — and this time, her incredible feat involved doing over 1,500 push-ups.
U.S. Route 80 or U.S. Highway 80 (US 80) is a major east–west United States Numbered Highway in the Southern United States, much of which was once part of the early auto trail known as the Dixie Overland Highway. As the "0" in the route number indicates, it was originally a cross-country route, from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.