How fast did the first jet airliner fly?
740 km/hAbout 460 mph · Race
The de Havilland Comet cruised at about 740 km/h from 1952.
That's about 13 times a red kangaroo's top speed (56 km/h).
✈️740 km/h
🐟a yellowfin tuna
By speed: the Comet is about 9.9× faster than a yellowfin tuna.
Things about as fast
- How fast was Donald Campbell's Bluebird?648.73 km/h
- How fast is a pyroclastic flow?700 km/h
- How fast was a P-51 Mustang?703 km/h
- How fast is a tsunami?800 km/h
- How fast does a Boeing 737 cruise?840 km/h
- How fast is the fastest propeller plane?850.24 km/h
- How fast does Mars spin at its equator?868 km/h
- How fast was the first jet fighter?870 km/h
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