Vehicle speed records

• Flight airspeed record
• Transcontinental air speed record
  Transcontinental air speed record
  -Transcontinental air speed record:-Junior transcontinental air speed record:-Women's transcontinental air speed record:For the women's record, only in-flight time is counted*1930 Ruth Nichols 13 hours and 21 minutes...
  
  
• Land speed record
  Land speed record
  The land speed record is the highest speed achieved by a wheeled vehicle on land. There is no single body for validation and regulation; in practice the Category C flying start regulations are used, officiated by regional or national organizations under the auspices of the Fédération...
  
  
• Land speed record for railed vehicles
  Land speed record for railed vehicles
  Determination of the fastest rail vehicle in the world varies depending on the definition of "rail".Official absolute world record for conventional train is held by the French TGV...
  
  
• Fastest production car
• Motorcycle land speed record
  Motorcycle land speed record
  The motorcycle land speed record is the fastest speed achieved by a motorcycle on land. It is standardized as the speed over a course of fixed length, averaged over two runs in opposite directions. These are special or modified motorcycles, distinct from the fastest production motorcycles. The...
  
  
• Fastest speed on a bicycle
• British land speed record
  British land speed record
  The British land speed record is the fastest land speed achieved by a vehicle in the United Kingdom, as opposed to one on water or in the air. It is standardised as the speed over a course of fixed length, averaged over two runs in opposite directions....
  
  
• Water speed record
  Water speed record
  The World Unlimited water speed record is the officially recognised fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle. The current record of 511 km/h was achieved in 1978....
  
  
• Underwater speed record
  Underwater speed record
  In 1968 there was an incident when a Russian November class submarine tracked an American carrier group traveling at 31 knots . This led the United States Navy to develop the Los Angeles class submarines, whose reported speed is 30-32 knots....
  
  
• List of vehicle speed records

Animal speed records

• Cheetah
  Cheetah
  The cheetah is a large-sized feline inhabiting most of Africa and parts of the Middle East. The cheetah is the only extant member of the genus Acinonyx, most notable for modifications in the species' paws...
  
   Fastest land animal in a sprint
• Peregrine Falcon
  Peregrine Falcon
  The Peregrine Falcon , also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-gray back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache"...
  
   Fastest animal (in diving flight)
• Sailfish
  Sailfish
  'Sailfish' are two species of fish in the genus Istiophorus, living in warmer sections of all the oceans of the world. They are predominately blue to gray in color and have a characteristic erectile dorsal fin known as a sail, which often stretches the entire length of the back...
  
  Fastest animal in swimming