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Is 17,000 feet per hour as fast as The TGV (train)?

It's about one-sixty-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.
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