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0,0
00
km
/h
On
16
Au
g 2
00
9, U
sain
B
olt
(J
AM
) wo
n t
he
Wo
rld
C
ham
pio
nsh
ips
100
m in
9.
58
sec
in B
erlin
, Ger
man
y.
His
ave
rag
e sp
eed
was
3
7.5
7 km
/h (2
3.3
4 m
ph)
, w
ith
a p
eak
spee
d n
eare
r 4
4 k
m/h
(27.
34
mp
h).
Hu
man
(ru
nn
ing
) 3
7.5
7 k
m/h
Fast
est.
..W
heth
er a
pro
duct
of
the
natu
ral o
r th
e m
an-m
ade
wor
ld, s
peed
ret
ains
the
sam
e po
wer
to
thri
ll. F
rom
tan
ks t
o ro
ller-
coas
ters
, bip
lane
s to
spa
cesh
ips,
the
sto
ry o
f sp
eed
reco
rds
is a
lso
the
stor
y of
hum
an d
evel
opm
ent
– h
ow w
e ha
ve p
ushe
d th
e bo
unda
ries
of
tec
hnol
ogic
al p
ossi
bilit
ies
in o
rder
to
defy
nat
ure
and
trav
el f
aste
r th
an e
ver
befo
re.
Th
e p
ron
gh
orn
(A
nti
loca
pra
a
mer
ica
na)
is a
n a
nte
lop
e-lik
e u
ng
ula
te f
ou
nd
in t
he
US
A,
Can
ada
and
Mex
ico
. It
has
bee
n
ob
serv
ed m
ovin
g a
t 5
6 k
m/h
(3
4.7
mp
h) o
ver
6 k
m (
3.7
mi)
.
Lan
d a
nim
al (
lon
g d
ista
nc
es)
5
6 k
m/h
On
5 M
ar 1
994
, a g
reyh
ou
nd
n
amed
Sta
r T
itle
was
tim
ed
at 6
7.2
km/h
(41.
7 m
ph)
on
a
stra
igh
t tr
ack
at W
yon
g in
N
ew S
ou
th W
ales
, Au
stra
lia. I
t b
litze
d t
he
40
0-y
d (1
,20
0-f
t;
36
5.7
-m) c
ou
rse
in 1
9.5
7 se
c.
Gre
yh
ou
nd
6
7.2
km
/hR
idin
g W
arH
ors
e, K
evin
Sco
tt a
nd
th
e U
K M
on
owh
eel T
eam
(all
UK
) ac
hie
ved
a s
pee
d o
f 9
8.4
64
km
/h
(61.18 mph) at Elvington airfield
in N
ort
h Y
ork
shir
e, U
K, o
n
20
Sep
20
15. I
t to
ok
fou
r en
gin
eers
tw
o ye
ars
to b
uild
the carbon-fibre-framed
veh
icle.
Mo
now
he
el m
oto
rcy
cle
9
8.4
64
km
/h
In a
rep
ort
pu
blis
hed
by
rese
arch
ers
wo
rkin
g
in t
he
sub
-An
tarc
tic,
th
e m
ean
est
imat
ed
gro
un
d s
pee
d r
eco
rded
fo
r a
sate
llite
-tag
ged
g
rey-
hea
ded
alb
atro
ss
(Th
ala
ssa
rch
e ch
ryso
sto
ma)
was
12
7 km
/h (
78.9
mp
h).
Th
is s
pee
d w
as s
ust
ain
ed
for
mo
re t
han
8 h
r w
hile
th
e al
bat
ross
mad
e fo
r it
s n
est
at B
ird
Isla
nd
, So
uth
G
eorg
ia, i
n t
he
mid
dle
of
an A
nta
rcti
c st
orm
.
Bir
d (
in le
ve
l flig
ht)
12
7 k
m/h
H
um
an-p
owe
red
ve
hic
le
139.
45
km
/h
Form
ula
Ro
ssa
at F
erra
ri
Wo
rld
in A
bu
Dh
abi,
UA
E, c
an a
ccel
erat
e to
24
0 k
m/h
(14
9.1
mp
h).
Eve
n w
hen
tra
velli
ng
u
pw
ard
, it
cove
rs 5
2 m
(1
70 f
t) in
4.9
sec
. It
op
ened
to
the
pu
blic
o
n 4
Nov
20
10.
On
9 M
ay 2
012
, Sam
uel
G
roth
(AU
S) s
erve
d a
n
ace
reco
rded
at
26
3 km
/h
(16
3.4
mp
h) d
uri
ng
an
AT
P
Ch
alle
ng
er e
ven
t in
Bu
san
, S
ou
th K
ore
a. It
cam
e d
uri
ng
Gro
th’s
sec
on
d-
rou
nd
tie
ag
ain
st U
lad
zim
ir
Ign
atik
(B
LR
). T
he
Au
ssie
pro
al
so h
it s
erve
s o
f 2
55
.7 k
m/h
(1
58
.8 m
ph)
an
d 2
53
.5 k
m/h
(1
57.
5 m
ph)
du
rin
g t
he
mat
ch
– b
oth
of
wh
ich
su
rpas
sed
Ivo
Kar
lovi
c’s
(HR
V) p
revi
ou
s re
cord
o
f 2
51 k
m/h
(15
6 m
ph)
. Alt
ho
ug
h
he
gai
ned
a w
orl
d r
eco
rd, G
roth
lo
st t
he
mat
ch 6
–4
, 6–3
.
Ro
lle
r-c
oas
ter
24
0 k
m/h
On
12
Ap
r 19
34
, Mo
un
t W
ash
ing
ton
(e
lev.
1,9
16 m
; 6,2
86
ft)
in N
ew
Ham
psh
ire,
US
A, e
xper
ien
ced
a
surf
ace
win
d sp
eed
of
371
km
/h (2
30
mp
h).
Th
e p
ereg
rin
e fa
lco
n (F
alc
o p
ereg
rin
us)
has
rea
ched
an
est
imat
ed
term
inal
vel
oci
ty o
f 3
00
km
/h
(18
6.4
mp
h) in
a d
ivin
g s
too
p. N
o an
imal
is c
apab
le o
f re
ach
ing
a f
aste
r speed than the falcon in full flight.
Su
rfac
e w
ind
sp
ee
d (
hig
h a
ltit
ud
e)
37
1 k
m/h
Rid
ing
his
Tea
m A
eroV
elo’
s Et
a b
ike
at t
he
Wo
rld
Hu
man
Pow
ered
Sp
eed
Ch
alle
ng
e,
Tod
d R
eich
ert
(CA
N) a
chie
ved
a s
pee
d o
f 13
9.4
5 km
/h (8
6.6
5 m
ph)
on
19
Sep
20
15.
It w
as t
he
thir
d t
ime
in t
hre
e d
ays
that
th
e fe
arle
ss C
anad
ian
had
set
a n
ew r
eco
rd
du
rin
g t
he
even
t, w
hic
h w
as h
eld
nea
r B
attl
e M
ou
nta
in in
Nev
ada,
US
A.
Ten
nis
se
rve
26
3 k
m/h
An
dy
Gre
en (
UK
) dro
ve T
hru
st S
SC
at
1,2
27.
98
5 km
/h (
763
.03
5 m
ph
; M
ach
1.0
20
) on
15
Oct
19
97
in t
he
Bla
ck R
ock
Des
ert
in N
evad
a, U
SA
. P
ower
ed b
y tw
o R
olls
-Roy
ce je
t en
gin
es, T
hru
st S
SC
was
th
e fi
rst
car
to
bre
ak t
he
sou
nd
bar
rie
r.
Car
(la
nd
-sp
ee
d r
ec
ord
) 1,
22
7.9
85
km
/h
Hu
man
(in
fre
efa
ll)
1,3
57.
6 k
m/h
Fel
ix B
aum
gar
tner
(AU
T)
fell
fro
m t
he
edg
e o
f sp
ace
to E
arth
at
1,3
57.
6 k
m/h
(8
43
.5 m
ph)
du
rin
g t
he
Red
Bu
ll S
trat
os
mis
sio
n
abov
e N
ew M
exic
o,
US
A, o
n 1
4 O
ct 2
012
.
Th
e h
igh
est
reco
rded
sp
eed
in a
man
ned
aircraft cap
able of taking off and landing
un
der
its
own
pow
er is
3,5
29.
56
km
/h
(2,1
93.1
7 m
ph)
. It
was
ach
ieve
d b
y C
apta
in
Eld
on
Jo
ersz
an
d M
ajo
r G
eorg
e M
org
an J
r (b
oth
US
A) i
n a
Lo
ckh
eed
SR
-71A
“B
lack
bir
d”
nea
r B
eale
Air
For
ce B
ase
in C
alif
orn
ia, U
SA
, on
28 J
ul 1
976
.First flow
n in the form
er
US
SR
on
31
Dec
196
8,
the
Tup
ole
v Tu
-14
4
was
rep
ort
ed t
o h
ave
reac
hed
Mac
h 2
.4
(2,5
87
km/h
; 1,6
07
mp
h),
alth
ou
gh
its
no
rmal
cr
uis
ing
sp
eed
was
M
ach
2.2
. Fo
llow
ing
tw
o cr
ash
es, t
he
airc
raft
w
as w
ith
dra
wn
fro
m
serv
ice
in 1
978
.
Air
lin
er
2,5
87
km
/h
Man
ne
d a
irc
raft
3
,52
9.5
6 k
m/h
On
3 O
ct 1
967,
US
AF
test
pilo
t “P
ete”
Kn
igh
t re
ach
ed M
ach
6.7
(7
,274
km
/h; 4
,52
0 m
ph)
ov
er C
alif
orn
ia, U
SA
. Knight was flying the
exp
erim
enta
l X-1
5A
-2
airc
raft
, wh
ich
was
la
un
ched
in m
id-a
ir f
rom
b
enea
th a
B–5
2 b
om
ber
.
Air
cra
ft
(ro
cke
t-p
owe
red
)7,
274
km
/h
On
26
May
196
9, t
he
com
man
d m
od
ule
o
f A
po
llo 1
0 r
each
ed
39,
89
7 km
/h (2
4,7
90
.8 m
ph)
o
n it
s tr
ans-
Ear
th r
etu
rn
flight. It carried
a three-
man
cre
w o
f A
mer
ican
as
tro
nau
ts: C
ol T
ho
mas
Stafford, C
dr Eugen
e C
ern
an a
nd
Cd
r J
oh
n Y
ou
ng
.
Hu
man
(ab
solu
te)
39,
89
7 k
m/h
Mer
cury
orb
its
the
Su
n
at a
n a
vera
ge
dis
tan
ce
of
57.
9 m
illio
n k
m
(35
.9 m
illio
n m
i), a
nd
h
as a
n o
rbit
al p
erio
d o
f 8
7.96
86
day
s. It
s av
erag
e o
rbit
sp
eed
– 1
72,2
48
km
/h
(10
7,0
30
mp
h) –
is a
lmo
st
twic
e as
fas
t as
th
at o
f E
arth
.
Pla
ne
t 17
2,2
48
km
/hA
pp
roac
hin
g g
alax
y 1,
50
8,4
00
km
/h
Alt
ho
ug
h t
he
un
iver
se is
exp
and
ing
, th
ere
are
a sm
all n
um
ber
of
gal
axie
s th
at a
re
com
ing
clo
ser
to o
ur
own
. M8
6, a
len
ticu
lar
(len
s-sh
aped
) gal
axy
situ
ated
aro
un
d
52
mill
ion
lig
ht
year
s aw
ay in
th
e V
irg
o C
lust
er, i
s m
ovin
g t
owar
ds
ou
r M
ilky
Way
at
a s
pee
d o
f 4
19 k
m/s
ec (2
60
mi/
sec)
.
On
8 F
eb 2
00
5, a
stro
no
mer
s fr
om
th
e H
arva
rd-S
mit
hso
nia
n C
ente
r fo
r A
stro
ph
ysic
s in
Mas
sach
use
tts,
US
A,
ann
ou
nce
d t
he
dis
cove
ry o
f a
star
, S
DS
S J
09
074
5.0
+0
245
07,
tra
velli
ng
at
2.4
mill
ion
km
/h (1
.5 m
illio
n m
ph)
.
Sta
r 2
,40
0,0
00
km
/h
Th
e fa
stes
t sp
eed
po
ssib
le in
th
e u
niv
erse
is t
he
spee
d o
f lig
ht.
Th
is is
ac
hie
ved
on
ly b
y lig
ht
itse
lf a
nd
oth
er
form
s o
f el
ectr
om
agn
etic
rad
iati
on
su
ch
as r
adio
wav
es. W
hen
tra
velli
ng
th
rou
gh
a
vacu
um
, th
e sp
eed
of
ligh
t p
eaks
at
29
9,79
2,4
58
m/s
ec (9
83
,571
,05
6 ft
/sec
).
Sp
ee
d p
oss
ible
1,
079
,25
2,8
48
.8 k
m/h
30
0–1
,00
0 k
m/h Te
rry
Wilm
eth
(U
SA
) rea
ched
an
ave
rag
e sp
eed
of
315
.74
km
/h (1
96.1
9 m
ph)
ove
r tw
o ru
ns
at M
adra
s A
irp
ort
in O
reg
on
, U
SA
, on
15
Ju
n 2
00
8. H
is A
LS
R R
ock
et
Rap
tor version 6.0 was a modified
Y
amah
a R
apto
r 70
0 w
ith
a h
ybri
d
rock
et t
hru
ster
.
Qu
ad b
ike
315
.74
km
/h
0–1
00
km
/h
SUPERLATIVES
A p
rod
uct
ion
sta
nd
ard
S 2
00
0 S
corp
ion
P
eace
keep
er t
ank
dev
elo
ped
by
Rep
airc
raft
P
LC (
UK
) ach
ieve
d a
sp
eed
of
82
.23
km/h
(5
1.10
mp
h) a
t th
e Q
inet
iQ t
est
trac
k in
Ch
erts
ey,
Su
rrey
, UK
, on
26
Mar
20
02
. Pow
ered
by
an
RS
213
3 h
igh
-sp
eed
die
sel e
ng
ine,
th
e ta
nk
was fitted
with appliqué hull armour, ballistic
skir
ts a
nd
a r
epla
ceab
le r
ub
ber
pad
tra
ck.
Tan
k8
2.2
3 k
m/h
Bir
d (
in a
div
e)
38
9.4
6 k
m/h
Atm
osp
he
ric
en
try
into
E
arth
’s a
tmo
sph
ere
4
6,6
60
km
/h
On
15
Jan
20
06
, NA
SA
’s
Sta
rdu
st s
pac
ecra
ft
succ
essf
ully
ret
urn
ed t
o E
arth
aft
er a
sev
en-y
ear
mis
sio
n t
o co
llect
sam
ple
s o
f co
met
Wild
2. I
t en
tere
d
Ear
th’s
atm
osp
her
e at
a
velo
city
of
46
,66
0 k
m/h
(2
8,9
93 m
ph)
.
In 1
941,
th
e F
iat
CR
.42
DB
att
ain
ed
a sp
eed
of
52
0 k
m/h
(3
23
mp
h).
Th
e It
alia
n b
ipla
ne
was
pow
ered
b
y a
753
-kW
(1,0
10-h
p) D
aim
ler-
Ben
z D
B 6
01A
en
gin
e. D
esp
ite
its
spee
d, o
nly
a s
ing
le p
roto
typ
e w
as
ever
co
nst
ruct
ed, a
s b
ipla
nes
wer
e ec
lipse
d b
y n
ew m
on
op
lan
es.
Bip
lan
e 5
20
km
/h
Th
e w
orl
d w
ater
-sp
eed
rec
ord
is 2
75.9
7 kn
ots
(5
11.0
9 km
/h; 3
17.5
8 m
ph)
, by
Ken
War
by
(AU
S) i
n
the
jet-
pow
ered
hyd
rop
lan
e S
pir
it o
f A
ust
ralia
on
B
low
erin
g D
am L
ake,
New
So
uth
Wal
es,
Au
stra
lia, o
n 8
Oct
19
78.
Bo
at
511
.09
km
/h
Th
e L0
(A0
7) s
erie
s is
a m
agn
etic
ally
levi
tate
d (m
agle
v) t
rain
ser
ies
op
erat
ed b
y th
e C
entr
al J
apan
Rai
lway
Co
mp
any.
On
21
Ap
r 2
015
, th
e L0
ach
ieve
d a
sp
eed
of
60
3 km
/h (
374
.68
mp
h) o
n t
he
Yam
anas
hi M
agle
v L
ine,
a t
est
trac
k in
Yam
anas
hi,
Jap
an.
Mag
lev
trai
n
60
3 k
m/h
100
–30
0 k
m/h
Du
rin
g r
esea
rch
co
nd
uct
ed
in 1
965
, an
ad
ult
fem
ale
chee
tah
(A
cin
on
yx ju
ba
tus)
rea
ched
a
spee
d of
29
m/s
(10
4.4
km
/h;
64
.8 m
ph)
ove
r a d
ista
nce
of
22
0 y
ard
s (2
01.
1 m
; 66
0 f
t).
Lan
d m
amm
al (s
ho
rt d
ista
nc
es)
104
.4 k
m/h
1,0
00
–20
,00
0 k
m/h
Dow
nlo
ad t
his
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