Special Report: Fastest On Earth
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FASTEST ON Earth AN IEEE SPECTRUM RADIO SPECIAL REPORT To explore what’s fastest on earth we’ve roamed the globe to check out speedy things on wheels, tracks, legs or wings, and in the water. We visited England to see a supersonic car, South Korea for the world’s fastest elevator, Shanghai for a magnetically levitated train, Florida for the swiftest helicopter, the Netherlands for a record-setting bike, France’s Brittany coast for a winged boat that sails faster than the wind, and more.
Speed Machines
A French trimaran flies above the water
Zooming up the test tower in Icheon, South Korea, with Young-Key Park Riding Dutch designer Bram Moens’s M5 two-wheel recumbent
Richard Noble’s Bloodhound SSC will go faster than the speed of sound
Marc Thompson tells how Transrapid International’s magnetic levitation train flies on the ground in Shanghai
Robert Novotny on Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor
Kevin Bredenbeck explains the Advancing Blade Concept of coaxial rotors
Naturally Fast
Dave Kerstetter tags sailfish for Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center Patricia Tricorache helps protect the cheetah
Ken Franklin’s peregrine falcon, Frightful, at 242 miles per hour Olympic-record sprinter dances across the finish line |
Fastest Elevator: Hyundai Elevator’s Test Tower
Fastest Bike:
The Fastest Car: Bloodhound SSC
Fastest Train:
Fastest Jet Fighter:
Fastest Helicopter: Sikorsky Aircraft’s X2
Fastest Swimmer:
Fastest Land Animal:
Fastest Natural Flier: Peregrine Falcon
Fastest Human:
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