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Can the Lockheed F-104 beat the record of driving 763 mph on land? Read this to find out. In 1997 Richard Noble and Andy Green set a record of driving 763 mph on land. Ed Shadle saw this record and decided to try and beat it. He got his lockheed F-104 ready and set off for Nevada to have a test run. When Ed did the test run he got to 800 mph. He knew he could beat the record, so he did it for real in late 2008. He tried it and beat the record!

I think this artical is very interesting. I did not think someone could drive an airplane on land. Well, it turns out you can. I learned that the speed of sound is 755 mph. That is a really high speed for driving on the ground. I thought that artical was very interesting.