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A Concorde plane had a cruising speed of 2,172km/h
(1,350mph) – almost twice the speed of sound
Transport
From the invention of the wheel
to conquering the skies
This issue 22 Top 5 Facts
Inventor George Stephenson, the steam-power
14 Hall of Fame 18 How to… pioneer and ‘father of railways’
Meet ten people who revolutionised transport as Drive the world’s first petrol car
we know it 23 Anatomy of © Look and Learn; Alamy; Corbis; Dave Hogg from Royal Oak, MI, USA
20 Transport throughout An Apollo 11 US astronaut
16 Day in the Life the ages
Of a captain in the East India Trading Company, From early boats and animal transportation to 24 Inside History
travelling the world looking for exotic new jets that rocket through the sky at thousands of A horse and cart, as used in the American Wild
substances – and profit miles an hour West in the 19th century
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