Your Land, Water & Air Speed Record

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Usually sites like flightaware.com will tell you average speeds, going back a few months.

For US domestic flights, you can calculate average air speeds with this site, if you know the distance, flight number, departure/arrival airports and date. It goes back through 1995, and will give actual times of departure, less taxiing, arrival, delay times, registration numbers, and so forth.
 
Land: 145mph on a friend's Honda CBR600.
Sea: 70mph-ish in an old speedboat our family had way back when.
Air: 900kph on a Qantas flight between Sydney and LA.
 
Land: Me: 96mph. 2002 Mazda Protege LX on Minnesota I35N just south of St. Paul, 2014
As a passenger: 120mph. Mazda MX-5 Cup Car at Road America during a Skip Barber thing, 2012
Water: 19.2mph. 16ft Zuma on a really windy day. We were passing motorboats at like a 20degree angle, 2013
Air: North of 550mph in a Boeing 737 from Las Vegas to Minneapolis/St. Paul. We left 2hours behind schedule and arrived on time. Don't ask me how, I was a young child at the time:lol: 2007-8ish
 
Land: 101mph in the old Integra. 120mph if you count roller coasters.
Water: 65mph driving the faster of two jet skis at a friend's cottage. The water seems a lot scarier at that speed.
Air: ~500mph, whatever a 747 is capable of.
 
Land: I have done about 160kmh driving a couple of times, but have hit 300kmh sitting in a Thalys train between Amsterdam and Brussels.
Water: I have waterskiied at about 110kmh when I was about 16. Went a little quicker as a passenger.
Air: I think I have seen 1000kmh on in flight displays in planes.
 
not 100% sure but here's about what I think.

Land: 140-150mph - BMW M5 and M6 (2014)
Water:~35mph - Big Cat Express (2013)
Air: Not sure here but probably ~500 in one of those airbus A300.
Maybe I've been in something faster but I don't know much about planes
 
The X15 is launched from a mothership, while the SR71 can takeoff and land like a conventional aircraft.

I've been up to about 145mph in my Mustang GT, 550ish in a commercial jet, and don't really care about water.
 
Land: 180kmh (Mazda MX5 NC)
Water: 60-70 kmh (Four Winns F244)
Air: never flown before
 
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Land: 135-140 mph in an 06 Civic. 160mph as a passenger in my friends 350z.
Water: I believe it was around 60mph on my cousins Seadoo.
Air: Never flown yet :(
 
I didn't have my first flight till I was sixteen. Six years on and I haven't flown since.
 
ImaRobot
I'm scared haha. I think I'd have an anxiety attack.
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Man, I've been flying since I was one years old.

Planes aren't really all that scary. I guess the only thing that I will say sucks is being cramped in a small space for a few hours or minutes.
 
phillkillv2
Man, I've been flying since I was one years old.

Planes aren't really all that scary. I guess the only thing that I will say sucks is being cramped in a small space for a few hours or minutes.
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The only reason I'm scared now is because I'm an adult. I wouldnt have no problem doing it if I started when I was a child. I dont even think I'd have been scared if I was a kid, more so amazed.

Damn you, Final Destination.
 
Land: 225 kph/135 mph in my dads Ford Mondeo 2.0 estate... Two months after I got my license at 18. Stupid kid
Water: what ever a commercial ferry travels at
Air: around 900kph/550 mph I think... With the wind in the back
 
Crash
When you say fastest in air, do you mean air speed or ground speed?
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Oh, you're such an engineer. :rolleyes: :lol:

Anyway, I have to say that the most fun you can have per unit speed is by sail. It's a lot of work but hiking out across a strong wind is awesome.
 
Land: ~105mph in my mom's F150 while chasing down a GTR, 95mph in the Lincoln if you count me driving
Water: ~55mph in a family friend's custom runabout, 20 or so mph in an aluminum fishing boat if you count me driving
Air: However fast the B737 cruises, 120mph give or take if you count me piloting
 
Land: 127 mph -1997 Polaris 680 Triple Ultra RMK (snowmobile)
Water: 30 mph - 17' Lund bowrider
Air : 500+ - Aer Lingus

Good thread!:gtpflag:
 
Liquid
The SR 71 is air breathing.
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Why does the manned airspeed record have to be restricted to only "air breathing" aircraft? The land speed record was once held by a rocket car, and electric trains that people can cite as their personal land speed record are certainly not "air breathing". The X-15 was manned and flew stupidly fast through the atmosphere, so it at least deserves the manned flight record over the SR-71.
 
-- Land (2 wheels) : 280 km/h (174 mph) Honda Blackbird
-- Land (4 wheels) : 265 km/h (165 mph) Porsche 911 4S
-- Land (many wheels) : Shinkansen high speed train to Hiroshima, Japan @ 300 km/h (187 mph)
-- Water : 75 km/h (47 mph) on Sea-doo watercraft at Grand Cayman Island
-- Air : @1005 km/h (625 mph) crossing the Atlantic with commercial airliner

Nice thread :cheers:
 
SagarisGTB
Why does the manned airspeed record have to be restricted to only "air breathing" aircraft? The land speed record was once held by a rocket car, and electric trains that people can cite as their personal land speed record are certainly not "air breathing". The X-15 was manned and flew stupidly fast through the atmosphere, so it at least deserves the manned flight record over the SR-71.
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You're right in that one can argue about an absolute land, water and air speed record but this thread is more about your own personal records. I used the records simply for comparative and demonstration purposes and used those as recognised by the Federation International de l'Automobile (land), Union Internationale Motonautique (water) and Federation Aeronautique International (air) respectively.

As for pointing out the SR 71 is airbreathing I pointed that out because someone said it wasn't, which just isn't true.
 
Land - 190mph TGV (Paris-Avignon)
Water - 78mph SRN4 Hovercraft
Air - 650mph - Boeing 747-400
 
Land: 117 mph in my Mazda 3 (unless you count the high speed taxi I was "co-pilot" on in an ERJ-145, at 117 knots ground speed)
Water: I have no idea, probably around 35-40 mph in a ski boat
Air: 530 mph in Boeing 757-200's and ERJ-145's. Indicated speed (was just below the VMAX redline) on the ERJ-145 was (IIRC) 320 knots @ 30,000 ft, because sitting cockpit jump seat is fun.
 
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