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Fascinating Facts about - Transport

This category is for fascinating facts about Transport. The sub-categories include - Airplanes - Cars - Other Transport - Ships and Boats - Trains.

 


Here is a random selection of fascinating facts about Transport.

Cars - Wheel Clamps

Another name for wheel clamps used on illegally parked cars is the "Denver Boot".

Other Transport - Balloon Ascent

In 1784 the first balloon ascent in Britain was made in Edinburgh by James Tytler.

Airplanes - 1,000 MPH

The first aeroplane to fly faster than 1,000 miles per hour was the Fairey Delta I.

Ships and Boats - Water Bus

A powered water bus in Venice is called a vaporetto.

Airplanes - Charles Lindbergh

American aviator Charles Lindbergh took only four sandwiches with him on his famous trans-Atlantic flight.