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How fast is 22,943 feet per hour?

It's about one-fifteenth as fast as a Hurricane
The speed of a Hurricane is about 391,000 feet per hour.
(formally: Topical cyclone; a.k.a. typhoon)
A hurricane is defined by the US National Hurricane Center as a Northern Hemisphere tropical storm having one-minute average wind-speeds of at least 390,000 feet per hour. Typhoons Tip (October, 1979) and Keith (October, 1997) and Hurricanes Camille (August, 1969) and Allen (August, 1980) jointly hold the record for highest tropical storm wind speeds at 1,020,000 feet per hour.
It's about one-twentieth as fast as a Curveball (baseball)
The speed of a Curveball (baseball) is about 400,000 feet per hour.
(a.k.a. hook, a.k.a. hammer, a.k.a. yakker) (major league average)
The average speed of major league curveball pitch is 390,000 feet per hour. In the 1940's, debate over whether there really was a curve in the curveball pitch was settled with the conclusion that the ball does curve; however, an optical illusion caused by the spin of the ball and the batter's perception of motion exaggerates the extent of the curve.
It's about one-twentieth as fast as a Fastball (baseball)
The speed of a Fastball (baseball) is about 480,000 feet per hour.
(a.k.a. rising fastball, a.k.a. cross-seam fastball, a.k.a. heater, a.k.a. hummer, a.k.a. smoker; for four-seam grip) (major league average)
The average speed of major league fastball pitch is 490,000 feet per hour. When up against the quickest professional fastball pitchers, a batter may have less than 0.4 seconds to react to a pitched ball.
It's about one-twenty-fifth as fast as a Skydiver (belly-to-earth)
The speed of a Skydiver (belly-to-earth) is about 630,000 feet per hour.
(Belly-to-Earth orientation, average conditions, terminal velocity)
A belly-to-Earth oriented skydiver's terminal velocity is about 620,000 feet per hour. In a typical jump from 3,900 m (13,000 ft), a diver in this orientation will be in freefall for 60 seconds.
It's about one-thirtieth as fast as a Tornado
The speed of a Tornado is about 652,080 feet per hour.
(EF2) (wind speed range average)
According to the Enhanced Fujita scale implemented by the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, a "significant" tornado has an Enhanced Funjita scale classification of EF2 and is characterized by wind gust speeds between 580,800 feet per hour and 723,360 feet per hour. The largest recorded tornado — an F4 event occurring in Nebraska in May, 2004 — was almost 4.02 km (2.5 mi) across.
It's about thirty times as fast as a Sloth
The speed of a Sloth is about 790 feet per hour.
(for Brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus)
The three-toed sloth moves along the ground at an average speed of 790 feet per hour. Long thought to be lengthy sleepers, a 2008 study concluded that sloths sleep an average of only 9.6 hours per day.
It's about one-thirty-fifth as fast as a Skydiver (headfirst)
The speed of a Skydiver (headfirst) is about 850,000 feet per hour.
(Head-to-Earth orientation or standing, average conditions, terminal velocity)
A head-to-Earth or standing-oriented skydiver's terminal velocity assuming average conditions is about 850,000 feet per hour. In a typical jump from 3,900 m (13,000 ft), a diver in this orientation will be in freefall for 46 seconds.
It's about one-fortieth as fast as a Helicopter
The speed of a Helicopter is about 932,000 feet per hour.
(for AH-64A Apache, a.k.a. Hughes Model 77) (maximum cruise speed)
The AH-64 helicopter, one of the primary helicopters used by the United States Army, flies at a top cruise speed of 932,000 feet per hour. The AH-64 is the primary military helicopter of several nations including the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, Japan, and the Netherlands.
It's about one-forty-fifth as fast as a Lamborghini Gallardo
The speed of a Lamborghini Gallardo is about 1,100,000 feet per hour.
(for Gallardo LP 550-2, a.k.a. Valentino Balboni, 2009 model)
The Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 model Gallardo has a top speed of 1,000,000 feet per hour. The Gallardo can reach speeds of 330,000 feet per hour in just 3.9 seconds.
It's about one-forty-fifth as fast as The TGV (train)
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The speed of The TGV (train) is about 1,100,000 feet per hour.
(Train à Grande Vitesse) (for SNCF TGV Réseau, a.k.a. "Network" model, a.k.a. TGV-R) (maximum speed)
The TGV Réseau sets have a top speed of 1,000,000 feet per hour. The train is capable of travelling the 425 km (264 mi) distance from Paris to Lyon in East-Central France in about two hours.
It's about one-forty-fifth as fast as an Arrow (archery)
The speed of an Arrow (archery) is about 1,059,000 feet per hour.
(250 g arrow fired from 60#/28" bow)
A 250 gram arrow will reach speeds of approximately 1,059,000 feet per hour when fired from a 60-lb, 28-inch draw bow . Archeological evidence from the Ahrensburg valley near Hamburg, Germany indicates that arrows have been used since at least 11 to 12,000 years ago.
It's about one-forty-fifth as fast as a Porsche 911
The speed of a Porsche 911 is about 1,080,000 feet per hour.
(for Porsche 911 Type 997 GT2, 2007 model)
The Porsche 911 GT2 has a top speed of 1,080,000 feet per hour. It takes just 7.4 seconds for the GT2 to accelerate to 528,000 feet per hour.
It's about one-fiftieth as fast as The CRH (train)
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The speed of The CRH (train) is about 1,100,000 feet per hour.
(a.k.a. Hexie Hao, 和谐号, a.k.a. 和諧號, a.k.a. Héxié Hào, a.k.a. "Harmony")
The CRH-3 train which runs on China's Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway are capable of speeds up to 1,100,000 feet per hour. Theses train can make the 120 km (74 mi) journey from Beijing to Tianjin in about 30 minutes.
It's about one-fifty-fifth as fast as a Peregrine Falcon
The speed of a Peregrine Falcon is about 1,280,000 feet per hour.
(a.k.a. Peregrine, a.k.a. Duck Hawk, Falco peregrinus)
The Peregrine Falcon can reach speeds of up to 1,280,000 feet per hour when diving. Falcons are sometimes sent to scare smaller birds away from airports to improve air traffic safety and were used in World War II to intercept carrier pigeons used by enemy forces.
It's about one-two-hundredth as fast as The Speed of Sound
The speed of The Speed of Sound is about 4,050,000 feet per hour.
(in dry air at 20°C)
The speed of sound in dry air at 20°C (68°F) is 4,050,000 feet per hour. Air is a relatively poor acoustic conductor, however, as sound will travel at speeds of between 17,700,000 feet per hour to 18,400,000 feet per hour in water, depending on its salinity.
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