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"Airport" is a single by English power pop/new wave band the Motors. Released on 19 May 1978 by Virgin Records, [3] the song reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. [1] [4] [5] On 1 July 1978, the single was awarded a silver certification by the BPI in the UK for sales of over 250,000 units.
An air speed record is the highest airspeed attained by an aircraft of a particular class. The rules for all official aviation records are defined by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), [ 1 ] which also ratifies any claims.
The flight time of 15h 8m giving an average speed of almost exactly 200 km/h. [61] [62] March 21, 1999: 40,814 km: Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones: Breitling Orbiter: Distance record for a balloon: January 31, 2015: 10,711 km: Troy Bradley and Leonid Tiukhtyaev: Two Eagles Balloon: Distance record for a straight gas balloon: April 23, 1988: ...
The first recording of the song was released in October 1962 by Elza Laranjeira. [5] Os Cariocas had a hit with their rendition in 1963. [1] The first English-language version was by Tony Bennett for his 1965 album If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set.
[4] [5] The typical cruising altitude for commercial airliners is 31,000 to 38,000 feet (9,400 to 11,600 m; 5.9 to 7.2 mi). [6] [7] [better source needed] The speed which covers the greatest distance for a given amount of fuel is known as the maximum range speed. This is the speed at which drag is minimised.
Airspeed is commonly given in knots (kn). Since 2010, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recommends using kilometers per hour (km/h) for airspeed (and meters per second for wind speed on runways), but allows using the de facto standard of knots, and has no set date on when to stop.
Cash Box said that the song's "lyric and more rock-based drive" provide "a commercial drive", and compared it to the Buffalo Springfield song "For What It's Worth". [5] Record World called it "an instant smash." [6] Boston Globe critic Ernie Santosuosso described it as a song that "will stick in your consciousness." [7]
Today piston engines are used almost exclusively on light, general aviation aircraft. The official speed record for a piston plane was held by a modified Grumman F8F Bearcat, the Rare Bear, with a speed of 528.315 mph (850.241 km/h) on 21 August 1989 at Reno, Nevada, United States of America.