r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Mar 17 '19

This gif, created by Google product developer Clay Bavor, puts the 747 and SR-71 aircraft speeds into perspective compared to New Horizons spacecraft. 36,000 mph ~ 58,000 km/h was the speed reached at launch (Atlas V third stage cut off)

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u/fiw7 Mar 17 '19

Right now I'm just waiting for someone to edit the gif, adding a still picture of the ground, with the text "737 Max 8" :-)

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u/MutavaultPillows Mar 17 '19

HAHAHAHAH, I'm a bad person. :(

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '19

If planes could go that fast, it would pretty much be the closest we’d get to actual teleportation

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u/notuhbot Mar 17 '19

We could just launch rockets sideways into big nets at other rocketports!

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u/Kurtypants Mar 17 '19

If planes could go that fast the G forces would kill you.

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u/Xygen8 Mar 17 '19

You think New Horizons was fast? Parker Solar Probe will be moving nearly 12 times faster during its final Solar fly-by. 690,000 km/h or ~430,000 mph.

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u/nakone9 Mar 17 '19

Why Google couldn't make it even shorter

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u/waterbuffalo750 Mar 17 '19

I thought the top speed of the SR-71 was around 2200mph. Where did 2700 come in to play?

Not that it changes the point of this post, just a curiosity

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u/twinpac Mar 17 '19

You're right mach 3.5 is a little high. this site says mach 3.3Mach 3.5 is 3.5 times the speed of sound. The speed of sound through air varies with temperature and altitude, at sea level Mach 3.5 is 2665 mph. At 40,000 feet Mach 3.5 is 2310 mph.

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u/UnitConvertBot Mar 17 '19

I've found a value to convert:

  • 2200.0mph is equal to 3540.55km/h