Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that

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World's fastest jet propelled aircraft (ids.si.edu)

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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated globally in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71, the world's fastest jet-propelled aircraft.

https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/lockheed-sr-71-blackbird/nasm_A19920072000

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[–] Anticorp 4 points 1 year ago

My grandfather worked on these before LBJ leaked their existence to the public.