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RE: NON-LSR Fastest man passes (fixed wing aircraft)

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Subject: RE: NON-LSR Fastest man passes (fixed wing aircraft)
From: John Szalay <john.szalay@att.net>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 15:08:29 -0400
At 02:40 PM 5/11/04 -0700, you wrote:

>How fast does the space shuttle go??
>
>Rick

   24,100 feet per second or about 16,430 miles per hour

 But IIRC: the shuttle is a Spacecraft, and classified as a lifting body.
 not a fixed wing aircraft.






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