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The Israeli Air Force's Kfir combat aircraft, a brainchild of necessity and innovation, emerged from the shadows of the French-designed Dassault Mirage 5.
The name might not be familiar today, but the Hawker Siddeley Trident claimed a number of "firsts" in the world of jet travel. What was so special about it?
ThrustSSC is officially the fastest car in the world hitting a staggering 1227km/h in the Black Rock Desert, USA back in October 1997. In doing so it became the first car to break the speed of sound and even 26 years later no-one has ever got close to achieving the same speed.