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Year |
Historical Event |
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2009 |
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206 MPH average trip speed for electric HSR (High Speed Rail) train service: Guangzhou to Wuhan China
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ETR 500 (Elettro Treno Rapido 500) electric train in tunnel record 226 MPH Monte Bibele tunnel Italy
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Motorcycle speed record reaches 367 MPH at Bonneville
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Wind powered speed record: Greenbird 126.2 MPH
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HPV (Human Powered Vehicles) speed record: Varna Tempest 82.8 MPH
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Hydroptere wind power watercraft 59.1 MPH.
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2007 |
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217 MPH HSR in Spain,
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TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) record 357.2 MPH Metz-Reims France
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Omer 5 human power submarine 9.2 MPH
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2006 |
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Top speed commercial HSR record Siemans Velaro E AVE s-103 250.7 MPH between Guadalajara and Calatayud Spain
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Diesel land speed record 350.45 MPH at Bonneville
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Propeller driven water record "Problem Child" 264.6 MPH
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2004 |
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First commercial maglev train Shanghai China
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Electric land speed record 321.8 MPH, Buckeye Bullet Bonneville
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2003 |
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Concorde makes last flight
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China maglev reaches 311 MPH in TR08 record run
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Japan Railway maglev train 361.01 MPH,
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Holloman AFB unmanned rocketsled 6453 MPH
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2002 |
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Shanghia commercial maglev test run 267 MPH for TR08
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Talgo XXI Diesel train 159.3 MPH Spain
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Eric Barone 107 MPH bike downhill volcano
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2001 |
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Dean Kamen Segway PT self balancing electric scooter
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Wheel driven land speed record Vesco Turbinator 458 MPH
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2000 |
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Eric Barone 138 MPH downhill bike on snow
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1999 |
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ETT patent issued to Daryl Oster
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Japan Rail Maglev train MLX01 342.99 MPH
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1997 |
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Japan Rail maglev MXL01 341.75 MPH
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Land speed record ThrustSSC 763 MPH at Bonneville
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1995 |
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Fred Rompelberg 167 MPH on a bike paced by wind blocking car,
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1994 |
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30 mile tunnel England to France
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Hong Kong airport to be dredged up from sea
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Solar car crosses Australia in 8day avg 30 MPH
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1993 |
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California requires 10% of cars be emission free by 2003
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TR07 maglev 280 MPH Germany, Diesel train Russia 168.39 MPH (not confirmed)
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1992 |
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Japan leads in ship building
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1991 |
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Maglev train project starts in Florida
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Magnetic drive ship Japan
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Decavitator Human power watercraft 21.3 MPH
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1990 |
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TGV 320: 19 MPH rail record
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1989 |
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35 kiloton oil spill in AK 1bil cleanup
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B2 stealth bomber first flight with 25 ton bomb load
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TR08 reaches 271 MPH
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110 ft Gentry Eagle crosses the Atlantic in 2 days 14hours
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SNCF (France's state-owned high speed rail company) TGV 299.7 MPH
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Grumman F8F Bearcat "rare bear" piston engine aircraft reaches 528.33 MPH
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1988 |
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1.2 mile span started in Japan
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33 railroad mile tunnel to north island Japan
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58K HP diesel engine in container ship
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Solar sunracer hits 49 MPH
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TR07 maglev 256 MPH Germany
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ICE German HSR 252.83 MPH
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SNCF TGV 253.7 MPH in France
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1987 |
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British Rail 148 MPH Diesel record
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TR 06 maglev reaches 244 MPH in Germany
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1986 |
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First RTW (round-the-world) no refuel voyager
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Challenger space shuttle booster explodes 7 killed
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Automated highway system considered in California
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Westland Lynx helicopter reaches 249.1 MPH
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1985 |
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Chicago O'Hare reaches 700k flights and 44 million passengers per year
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Permanent space station planned by NASA
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TR 06 reaches 220 MPH
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152 MPH on bike drafting car
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1984 |
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Jetpack space walk
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Aairbag and automatic seatbelt by 90 law in US
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Maglev TR 06 in Germany at 188 MPH
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MIT Monarch B human powered aircraft reaches 19.8 MPH
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1983 |
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633 MPH land speed by record jet powered vehicle
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Automated underground trains in Lille France
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Unleaded fuel required in cars in US
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1982 |
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Unmanned rocket sled at Holloman AFB reaches 6119 MPH
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1981 |
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330 million cars in the world, 80% in US, Europe and Japan
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Space shuttle
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Voyager passes Saturn
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4625 foot span England SNCF TGV in service, reaches186 MPH 8 or 9 cars with locomotive on each end
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TGV test run at 236.12 MPH
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1980 |
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7 million motorcycles built 90% in Japan
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10 mile road tunnel under the Alps
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106 MPH hovercraft
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1979 |
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320 MPH record on water
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319 MPH record for a motorcycle
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Solar powered car achieves 8 MPH in England
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Maglev train reaches 321 MPH, Japan rail group ML500
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TGV France achieves 186 MPH
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Human power aircraft crosses English channel
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Class 961 Shinkansen clocked at 198.1 MPH on test track in Japan
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1978 |
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Spirit of Australia wins water speed record 317 MPH
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1977 |
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Windsurfer
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Robotic car manufactured
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TR04 maglev reaches157.3 MPH
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1976 |
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Concord SST (super-sonic transport) enters service Atlantic in 3 hours 1453 MPH burns double the fuel
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Mars probe
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SR-71 Blackbird aircraft reaches 2,194 MPH
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1975 |
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Inertial navigation in airliners
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British Rail Advance Passenger Train at 152.3 MPH
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1974 |
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55 MPH speed law passed in US to save fuel due to oil embargo.
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1973 |
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Fuel crisis in US
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Skylab 171 days
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54K die in US in car crashes
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LPG (liquid propane gas) tanker
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Bell jet ranger
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143 MPH record Diesel train BR HST in UK
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Allan Abbott bike drafts car at 139 MPH
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1972 |
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Class 951 electric train Shinkansen achieves177.6 MPH in test run
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1971 |
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Lunar rover 463lb
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Transrapid TR02 maglev achieves 101.9 MPH in Germany
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1970 |
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2460 mile trans Australian Railroad, 3 days AC
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Nonstop Pacific helicopter flight
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3 die in USSR space accident
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Amtrak founded in US by Rail Passenger Service Act
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1969 |
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Apollo 10 24,791 MPH
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Apollo 11 moon walk 1sg 36 miles high in 2.5min
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Concord SST
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Boeing 747 300 tons, 300+ passengers
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1968 |
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Smog control legislated in US
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Soviet supersonic airliner, never placed in service
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1967 |
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X15 4535 MPH
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Honda 750 motorcycle, 120 MPH
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US electric train record 156 MPH NE corridor
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235 MPH jet aero train L'Aerotrain
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X-15 rocket powered aircraft achieves 4,510 MPH
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1965 |
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Container 40 foot shipping standard
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Automated airline landing
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Land speed record at 601 MPH
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Japan Shinkansen Electric HSR 101 MPH service run
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1964 |
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Japan bullet train 130 MPH service
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Land speed record 403 MPH
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Speedboat achieves 276 MPH
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SR72 mach 3
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F111 swing wing
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1963 |
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NSU rotary Wankle engine
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Class 1000 Shinkansen bullet train 159 MPH
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1962 |
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Jose Meiffret reaches 127 MPH on bike drafting car Germany
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1961 |
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VTOL jet
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First human orbit 108 min 23K feet eject parachute USSR
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1960 |
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Airlines 100 million passengers / year
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Nuclear submarine circles the world in 85 days without surfacing
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Topolev TU-114 prop driven aircraft, 541 MPH
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1959 |
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NS Savannah, first nuclear-powered merchant ship, 3.5 years to refuel
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First hovercraft
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St Lawrence Seaway, 2400 miles from Atlantic through great lakes
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Unmanned rocket sled 3089 MPH
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1958 |
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Boeing 707 550 MPH 190 passengers 4300 miles
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1957 |
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Sputnik's first orbit
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First dog in space.
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1956 |
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Hydrofoil service to Sicily
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US Interstate Highway Act
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1955 |
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First nuclear-powered submarine: US Nautilus
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SCNF 9004 Electric train 205.6 MPH
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1954 |
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Alstom CC 7121 electric locomotive 150.99 MPH
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John Stapp rocket sled at Holloman airforce base 631.9 MPH
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1953 |
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Corvette fiberglass-body car
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First turbo-prop
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SNCF 7121 Electric Train 149 MPH
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1952 |
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First jetliner 48 passenger DeHaviland,
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1951 |
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Power steering introduced by Chrysler
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1949 |
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US b50 nonstop round-the-world flight in 96 hours, 4 refuelings in flight
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1947 |
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Yeager breaks sound barrier in X1 42k ft altitude 670 MPH rocket plane
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Honda first motorcycle using war surplus engines fitted to bikes,
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1943 |
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Lockheed constellation 2K mile range, 81 passengers, 340 MPH
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1942 |
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1941 |
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Liberty ship built in 14 days
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Letourneur 109 MPH bike drafting a car
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1940 |
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First practical single rotor helicopter
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4wd Jeep,
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1939 |
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First jet German 470 MPH
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Diesel Train 133.5 MPH Germany
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1938 |
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Boeing 307 first pressurized cabin
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Steam train 126 MPH, British LNER Mallard
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1937 |
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Hindenburg burns, last hydrogen air ship
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Golden Gate Bridge opens
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1936 |
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U boat must surface every 78 miles for air
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Diesel train Germany 127.4 MPH
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1935 |
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DC3 21 passenger 170 MPH
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First parking meters
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4 day 3 hr 2 min Atlantic liner crossing
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Radar invented
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VW bug
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1934 |
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Zephyr train 1000 mile nonstop Denver to Chicago 112.5 MPH
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110 MPH Union Pacific M-10000 1st streamliner train
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Herman Kemper patent for maglev train
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1933 |
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Boeing 247 first airliner twin 550hp vari prop retractable gear, 10 passenger, 600mile in 4 hours
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1932 |
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Diesel train 124 MPH DGR "Fliegender-Hamburgischer" test run
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1931 |
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seaplane achieves 340 MPH
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1930 |
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diesels replace steam locomotives
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Solo flight England to Australia in 19 days
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1929 |
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Synchromesh transmission Cadillac
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Graf Zeppelin goes round the world in 21 days
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5 million cars / yr sold in US
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1928 |
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Idea for jet aircraft (built 9 years later)
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1927 |
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British Sunbeam 204 MPH car
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Lindbergh solo non-stop Atlantic flight
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Pennsylvania Railroad E6s #460 steam train clocked at 115 MPH
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1926 |
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800HP Seaplane 260 MPH, Goddard liquid fuel rocket 45 ft 2.5sec
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1924 |
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Round the world flight 27k miles 5.5 months
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Oil tanker 6600ton 600 hp diesel
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1923 |
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Controlled access highway in New York
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Autobahn German 2K miles by 39
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First aircraft carrier Japan & Britain
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First diesel truck Benz
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1921 |
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Hydraulic brakes Dusenburg
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Leaded gasoline
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1920 |
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welding replaces riveted ship construction, retractable landing gear
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1919 |
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Trans Atlantic flight 16.5 hours. (airship also crosses)
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London to Paris first regular scheduled international flights
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1917 |
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Trans Australia RailRoad 300 mile perfect straight section
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1st Diesel electric locomotive in US by General Electric
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1916 |
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Vacuum wipers on cars
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British tracked tank
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Railroads in US peak at 254K miles
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1915 |
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All metal monoplane steel cantilever wing Junkers j1 105 MPH
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Battleship
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1914 |
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First traffic lights Cleveland Ohio
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51 mile Panama Canal opens
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1913 |
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Europe to Far East in 2 weeks
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Moving line assembly Ford
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Grand Central Station opens in New York
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1912 |
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Cadillac introduces electric start
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Harley motorcycle with 45 MPH top speed
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1911 |
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White line marks road center in US
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Airmail India
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Titanic sinks 1500 killed
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Selandia launches 1st ocean going diesel driven ship
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1910 |
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1909 |
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Airplane crosses English channel
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1908 |
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Ford model T 45 MPH peak production 1000/day, runs on alcohol or gasoline
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1907 |
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Steam turbine ocean liner 1100 ton/day coal, 5 days from Liverpool to New York
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Radio navigation
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1905 |
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First motorbus
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E6s#7002 steam train clocked at Crestline OH at 127.1 MPH
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1904 |
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pre-stressed concrete
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GWR 3700 steam train UK 102.3 MPH
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1903 |
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Wright brothers first motor driven flight kitty hawk
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Rudolph Diesel canal boat with small compression ignition engine
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126 MPH Electric train Siemens Berlin, 130 MPH AEG train in Germany (military line)
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1901 |
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First practical motorcycle
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Electric overhead suspended monorail Wuppertal Germany
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Oldsmobile 5k/year mass production
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101 MPH electric train Siemens & Halske Marienfeld Germany
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1900 |
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