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  2. North American Eagle Project - Wikipedia

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    The North American Eagle Project was a jet powered car that was intended to challenge the 763 mph (1,228 km/h) (Mach 1.02) land speed record set by the ThrustSSC in 1997. The venture was a collaboration between Canadian and US engineers, pilots, and mechanics. In 2013, they had hoped to reach 800 mph (1,287 km/h), or Mach 1.058. [1]

  3. List of vehicle speed records - Wikipedia

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    Uncrewed torpedo speed claims range from 60 knots (110 km/h; 69 mph) for the British Spearfish torpedo [64] to 200 knots (370 km/h; 230 mph) for the Russian VA-111 Shkval. [ 65 ] ^ a b Ground effect vehicles (a.k.a. "Wing-In-Ground effect vehicles") are classified as maritime vessels, rather than aircraft, by the International Maritime ...

  4. Bluebird-Proteus CN7 - Wikipedia

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    In 1956, Campbell began planning a car to break the land speed record, which then stood at 394 mph (634 km/h) set by John Cobb in the Railton Mobil Special.The Norris brothers, who had designed Campbell's highly successful Bluebird K7 hydroplane, designed Bluebird-Proteus CN7 with 500 mph (800 km/h) in mind.

  5. Driving the Ford Mustang Mach-E 1400 Race Car - AOL

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    With Vaughn Gittin Jr. riding shotgun, we take the seven-motor Mach-E 1400 out onto Charlotte Motor Speedway to get a glimpse of the electric Mustang's future.

  6. Craig Breedlove - Wikipedia

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    Norman Craig Breedlove Sr. [1] (March 23, 1937 – April 4, 2023) was an American professional race car driver and a five-time world land speed record holder. He was the first person in history to reach 500 mph (800 km/h), and 600 mph (970 km/h), using several turbojet-powered vehicles, all named Spirit of America. [2]

  7. Bloodhound LSR - Wikipedia

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    Test runs driven by Green began on 25 October, using only a Rolls-Royce Eurojet EJ200 engine, with an expectation of reaching 400–500 mph (640–800 km/h). [29] The car achieved 501 mph (806 km/h) on 6 November 2019, [30] and a final top speed of 628 mph (1,011 km/h) on 16 November, making it the eighth vehicle to attain a land speed of over ...

  8. International flights recently clocked speeds over 800 mph ...

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    The planes endured peak winds of around 265 mph, the second "strongest upper-level wind recorded in local history going back to the mid-20th century," the National Weather Service's Baltimore ...

  9. Intense jet stream has planes moving faster than the speed of ...

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    The plane was in the air less than 30 minutes before reaching speeds of over 800 mph over the Atlantic. Pilots have been exploiting the augmented jet stream to coast across the Atlantic Ocean at ...