Category: Fun Stuff

The SR-71 remained the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational manned aircraft throughout its career. From an altitude of 80,000 ft (24 km), it could survey 100,000 square miles (260,000 km2) per hour (72 square kilometers per second) of the Earth’s surface. In addition, it was accurate enough to take a picture of a car’s license plate from this… Continue reading Fastest Plane

The truck billed as the world’s fastest, meanest, toughest tire-torturing machine is now officially the world’s fastest truck thanks to a record breaking exhibition run at the Queensland International Air Show held at Bundaberg Airport on the weekend (July 16 -17, 2005). The Bandag Bullet smashed the world record for a one kilometer run and… Continue reading Tire Torturing Truck

The Seed Hawk giant has a seed hopper with a capacity of a massive 27 cubic metres and tows two seed hoppers (carts) each containing ten tons of fertiliser.

Vasteras Airfield, Sweden–Boije Ovebrink, a former truck racing driver, set a new world record for the fastest ‘Standing kilometre for heavy trucks’ in his red Volvo NH. The average speed from a standing start over a distance of one kilometre was 158.8 kph (98.67 mph), with a top speed of 240 kph (149.13 mph).Boije beat… Continue reading Fastest Heavy Truck

The biggest truck in the world! Titan 33-19. It can hold 2 buses and 2 pickups (or 2,000,000 golf balls) and is about the size of the largest of the dinosaurs, but the Titan was built to haul 350 tons of earth in mining operations. The Titan began to take shape on the drafting boards… Continue reading Largest Truck: Titan

The Siemens-built Velaro E high- speed train has debuted in Spain, carrying passengers between Madrid and Barcelona. The Velaro E is the first series-production high-speed train that can be operated at a speed of 350 km/h. It is also the first German high-speed train to operate on a railway line in Spain where the first… Continue reading Fastest High Speed Train

The world’s most expensive car is up for sale. And whether or not you think it’s worth the estimated $10 million asking price, it’s no doubt exceedingly rare, beautiful and–like many follies in automotive history–a triumph of hubris over reason. This Bugatti Type 41 Royale was the brainchild of Ettore Bugatti–and also a hugely expensive… Continue reading Most Expensive Old Fashioned Car

At 300 feet tall and 600 feet long, the largest bucket wheel excavators are the biggest land vehicles ever made. Though they only dig at a maximum of 0.37 mph, these machines move 240,000 cubic meters of material daily, about as much as a football field dug to 100 feet deep.

The world’s fastest eco-boat is going to make an attempt at breaking the round the world speed record using human fat based fuel with a zero carbon footprint. The boat is owned by Pete Bethune, who mortgaged his house and sold all he and his wife’s belongings to make it happen. The lunatic even had… Continue reading Eco Boat Powered by Human Fat

NEW YORK, NY, USA — 292 tow trucks (including flatbeds, wreckers and 50-ton rotators) rumbled through New York City, setting the world record for the Largest tow truck parade. The trucks departed from Shea Stadium in Queens and cruised down a couple of highways before finishing at an abandoned airport tarmac to spell out “New… Continue reading Largest Tow Truck Parade