Transport


The coolest, in the sense of going downhill railway - Switzerland Pilatus Railway. It rises to a height of 2,133 meters to the summit of Mount Pilatus, the angle of inclination is 48 degrees ways.
Chinese train Maglev (Magnetic Levitation) - the fastest passenger train in the world, in the way it reaches a speed of over 400 km / h.
Each passenger airliner in the United States annually receives at least one lightning strike.
The first car manufacturer, who introduced their products seatbelts - Saab in 1958.
In the world of 600 million passenger cars - one per 11 inhabitants of the earth.
The first monorail in the United States was built at Disneyland in 1959.
Germany was the first country to be used for the movement of aircraft rocket engines. It happened during the Second World War.
The English word «train», meaning the train comes from the Latin trahere - pull.
The very first cars did not have to turn the steering wheel - it played a special role of the lever.
The first aircraft was created by the Greek philosopher, mathematician and astronomer Archytas Tarenskim in the 4th century BC. He had the form of a bird and could fly up to 200 meters using a jet of steam.

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