: a usually high speed expressed by a Mach number
an airplane flying at Mach 2
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Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2024
The goal is to get the aircraft to fly at a hypersonic speed of Mach 5.5—or 4,219 mph.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2024
Ford, for instance, cut production of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup, and lopped up to $8,100 off the price of the Mustang Mach E electric SUV in order to sell 2023 models.
—Tom Krisher, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
Babolat Jet Mach 3: Our tester was disappointed with the heavy weight of these shoes.
—Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
Photo : Bombardier Global 8000 Fastest Business Jet, Bombardier Global 8000
In tests, using sustainable aviation fuel, the Bombardier 8000 broke the sound barrier at Mach 1.015.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2024
Even so, flying at Mach 1.7 only over water would roughly halve the duration of flights between New York to London or Seattle to Tokyo.
—Tim Stevens, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
The company’s Halcyon jet would travel at Mach 5 — or five times the speed of sound.
—Monica Rodman, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
From the 1980s through 2011, the Space Shuttle flew over a hundred missions that included a 30-minute flight time at Mach 25 upon reentry, landing in Florida after crossing half the world.
—Sassie Duggleby, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
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—Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2024
The goal is to get the aircraft to fly at a hypersonic speed of Mach 5.5—or 4,219 mph.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2024
Ford, for instance, cut production of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup, and lopped up to $8,100 off the price of the Mustang Mach E electric SUV in order to sell 2023 models.
—Tom Krisher, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
Babolat Jet Mach 3: Our tester was disappointed with the heavy weight of these shoes.
—Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
Photo : Bombardier Global 8000 Fastest Business Jet, Bombardier Global 8000
In tests, using sustainable aviation fuel, the Bombardier 8000 broke the sound barrier at Mach 1.015.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2024
Even so, flying at Mach 1.7 only over water would roughly halve the duration of flights between New York to London or Seattle to Tokyo.
—Tim Stevens, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
The company’s Halcyon jet would travel at Mach 5 — or five times the speed of sound.
—Monica Rodman, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
From the 1980s through 2011, the Space Shuttle flew over a hundred missions that included a 30-minute flight time at Mach 25 upon reentry, landing in Florida after crossing half the world.
—Sassie Duggleby, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
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: a usually high speed expressed by a Mach number
an airplane flying at Mach 2
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