Do airplanes have a speed limit?
Moment Of Um
Lemonada Media
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2024
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Airplanes fly high in the sky and at super fast speeds. But is there a limit to how fast they’re allowed to fly? You know, in the way cars have speed limits? For this episode, we talked to Bobby Sharp, an air traffic controller, who helps us understand if airplanes have a need for speed.
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