Flight: Try to Fly
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What is the fastest plane?
Humans tried to fly for centuries before Wilber and Orville Wright did it in 1903. Discover the history of human flight and how fast we can really go.
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Flight: Try to Fly
Clip: Special | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Humans tried to fly for centuries before Wilber and Orville Wright did it in 1903. Discover the history of human flight and how fast we can really go.
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Science Trek is a place where parents, kids, and educators can watch short, educational videos on a variety of science topics. Every Monday Science Trek releases a new video that introduces children to math, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career potentials in a fun, informative way.[MUSIC] JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, HOST: Humans have been trying to figure out how to fly for centuries.
Early attempts were... unsuccessful.
[MUSIC] In 1903, Wilber and Orville Wright traveled for 12 seconds for the first official human flight.
In 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly at supersonic speed.
That faster than the speed of sound!
Planes flying that fast create a sonic boom [BOOM] at that speed.
The fastest plane to date is the Lockheed sr-71 Blackbird.
It travels at almost 2,175 miles per hour or 3500 kilometers per hour.
But the fastest thing to fly is the NASA X-43a, an unmanned experimental aircraft that reached a record-breaking speed of MACH 9.6.
That's approximately 7,366 mph.
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