Fastest Vehicles Known To The Human Race
Fastest Vehicles Known To The Human Race
11. Rocket powered car
Thrust Supersonic Car (commonly known just as Thrust SCC), a British jetpropelled car, holds the title of the world
12. Steam train
Top speed of 125.88 mph (202.58 km/h) for a train might not seem as astonishing these days but considering this speed was achieved in 1938 by a steam locomotive (4468 Mallard), the record absolutely deserves to be on the list.
13. Electric powered vehicle
Operated by an American pilot Roger Schroer, a studentbuilt, alternativefuel race car known as the BuckeyeBullet 2.5 has become the world
14. Street legal car
In February 2014, Hennessey Venom GT recorded a speed of 270.49 mph (435.31 km/h) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida but as the run was just in a single direction, and only few of these cars were sold by that date, it did not qualify as the worlds fastest production car in the Guinness Book of Records, Nevertheless, its currently the world
15. Production tank
A production standard S 2000 Scorpion Peacekeeper armored reconnaissance tank developed by Repaircraft PLC (UK), achieved a speed of 82.23 kilometers per hour (51.10 mph) at the QinetiQ vehicle test track, Chertsey, UK, on 26 March 2002.
16. Helicopter
An experimental highspeed compound helicopter developed by Eurocopter, the Eurocopter X3 achieved 255 knots (472 km/h; 293 mph) in level flight on 7 June 2013, setting an unofficial speed record for a helicopter.
17. Unmanned plane
Developed as part of the DARPA Falcon Project, the Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (or HTV2) is a crewless, experimental rocket glider that reached a speed of 13,201 mph (21,245 km/h) in a test launch. The purpose of this vehicle is to provide the United States with the capability to reach any target in the world within one hour.
18. Lunar rover
Even among lunar vehicles there is a speed world record holder. With a maximum speed of 17 km/h (10.6 mph), the Lunar Roving Vehicle (Commonly known as the moon buggy) is the current world record holder. The vehicle was used in the last three missions of the American Apollo program (15, 16, and 17).
19. Manned space vehicle
The spacecraft used in the fourth manned mission in the United States Apollo space program, Apollo 10 holds the Guinness World Record for highest speed attained by any manned vehicle, at 24,791 mph (39,897 km/h), during the return from the Moon on May 26, 1969.
20. Unmanned space vehicle
The title of the worlds fastest unmanned spacecraft and fastest vehicle ever belongs to Helios 1 and Helios 2
