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Which airliner can fly twice as fast as a pistol bullet?
In February 1988 the supersonic airliner Concorde flew from New York to London in a shade under three hours. To do that, it had to fly at twice the speed of sound. Unless you have flown the Atlantic in slower aircraft, statistics like these do not really show you how dramatic Concorde’s speed is. One example that does help is comparing it with a pistol bullet. The fastest bullets travel at about 1100 kilometres per hour. If you someone target shooting with a pistol, you how quick that is. However, if you fired a pistol after a Concorde when it was travelling flat out with its crew and 128 passengers on board, Concorde would fly away from the bullet. Reaching a speed of 2333 kilometres per hour, Concorde would leave a pistol bullet standing.
(Taken from Amazing Questions, Incredible Answers book)
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flat out – o mais rápido que pode
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Outras questões do mesmo concurso: EEAR / CFS (EEAR) / 2011 / Controle de Tráfego Aéreo
