What is the exact speed of sound?

If we consider the atmosphere on a standard day at sea level static conditions, the speed of sound is about 761 mph, or 1100 feet/second.
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What is the accurate speed of sound?

A more recent value for the speed of sound, 331.45 metres per second (1,087.4 feet per second), was obtained in 1942; it was amended in 1986 to 331.29 metres per second at 0° C (1,086.9 feet per second at 32° F). The speed of sound in water was first measured by Daniel Colladon, a Swiss physicist, in 1826.
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Is Mach 2 faster than the speed of sound?

A speed of Mach 2 is twice the speed of sound. Because the speed of sound varies, a particular speed at sea level expressed as a Mach number would be faster than the same speed at 30,000 feet (9,144 meters), which would be faster than the same speed at 40,000 feet (12,192 meters).
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How fast is Mach 1 on the ground?

Scientific measurements and the standard atmospheric model have established that the speed of sound, or Mach 1, within this realm is: 968.1 ft/s. 295.1 m/s. 660.1 mph.
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How fast do you have to go for Mach 2?

Since the speed of sound through the standard atmosphere is 761 mph (1,223 km/h) at sea level, Mach 2 then follows as 1,522 mph (2,447 km/h).
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Is Mach 5 possible?

Because that flight only lasted a few seconds, the record for the longest sustained flight above Mach 5 belongs to the Boeing X-51, another unmanned experimental aircraft, which in 2013 flew for over three minutes at Mach 5.1 (about 3,400 mph).
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What is mock2?

Mock 2: The Speed of Stupid is a 41 level Joke WAD for Doom II and a spiritual successor to Mockery. The mod relies on ridiculous enemy placement, such as a Cyberdemon in level 2, as well as numerous enemies in levels (one level contains over 700 Cyberdemons, another contains 993 Cacodemons).
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Is there a Mach 4?

Aerion is looking beyond the 2027 launch of its AS2 supersonic business jet for the ultra-rich, to something for the rest of us.
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How fast is the fastest jet?

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest jet aircraft in the world, reaching speeds of Mach 3.3--that's more than 3,500 kph (2,100 mph) and almost four times as fast as the average cruising speed of a commercial airliner. Key elements of the SR-71's design made this possible.
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What is the speed of lightning?

1. The speed of lightning. While the flashes we see as a result of a lightning strike travel at the speed of light (670,000,000 mph) an actual lightning strike travels at a comparatively gentle 270,000 mph.
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Can the Flash run faster than light?

The 2 main modern Flashes, Barry Allen and Wally West are both capable of running faster than light. They run into issues running so fast though, as they start to brush up against the Speed Force.
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Who broke Mach 2?

Test pilot Scott Crossfield made dozens of dangerous X-plane flights and set supersonic records, but he always remained humble about his accomplishments. Scott Crossfield hands over his flight data recorder on November 20, 1953, after the first Mach 2 flight.
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How fast is the speed of dark?

Darkness travels at the speed of light. More accurately, darkness does not exist by itself as a unique physical entity, but is simply the absence of light.
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What Mach speed breaks the sound barrier?

It's approximately 770 mph or 1,239 kmh at sea level.
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How fast is the speed of smell?

The time it takes to smell a chemical in the air is the time the chemical takes to travel in air to our nose, and for the nerve impulse to travel to the brain (milliseconds), so smells are almost instantaneous.
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What is the highest Mach possible?

An airplane flying less than Mach 1 is traveling at subsonic speeds, faster than Mach 1 would be supersonic speeds and Mach 2 would be twice the speed of sound. Guinness World Records recognized NASA's X-43A scramjet with a new world speed record for a jet-powered aircraft - Mach 9.6, or nearly 7,000 mph.
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How long would it take to go around the world at Mach 20?

Mach 20. If a plane flew at Mach 20 without stopping to refuel, it would take 1 to 2 hours to circumnavigate the earth. Theoretically, if a plane flew on Mach 27 without stopping to refuel, it would only take it 1 hour and 10 minutes to circumnavigate the earth.
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What planes can fly at Mach 3?

Top 8 Mach 3 fighters
  • Mikoyan 'MiG-41' ...
  • Dassault Mirage (cancelled) ...
  • North American XF-108 Rapier (cancelled) ...
  • General Dynamics/MD RF-4X Phantom II (cancelled) ...
  • Republic XF-103 (cancelled) ...
  • Mikoyan MiG-25 (1964) ...
  • Mikoyan MiG-31 (1975) ...
  • Lockheed YF-12 (1963)
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Can the MiG-31 go Mach 3?

The long-range, two-seat Mikoyan MiG-31 is well-suited to a home-defense interceptor role as it can attain speeds in excess of Mach 3 while the supersonic jet has a ceiling of 70,000 feet.
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Can I buy a MiG-25?

The MiG-31 and the MiG-25 are no longer available for civilian flights. The MiG-31 E is was built as the successor to the high-flying MiG-25.
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Is there a Mach 2?

The Mach 2 is a highly modified two-seater on a shortened version of a 1967 Mustang convertible floor pan. With "GT" styling in mind, the Mach 2 concept car was powered by Ford's small in, outside dimension and light weight 289 CID high performance engine mounted mid-ship.
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What is a Mach 10?

Hypersonic speed of 10 times the speed of sound.
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What is a Mach 6?

The Mach number is the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound. Mach 1 is the speed of sound - approximately 768mph, depending on various factors including temperature and altitude. So Mach 6 is six times the speed of sound.
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