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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.