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Megafast planes

John Farndon - Author

Readers encounter several high-speed aircraft and their records, with cockpit illustrations and short explanations of how the planes work. The book also addresses the risks pilots take and the thrill of supersonic flight.

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Are you ready to take off with the world's fastest supersonic aircraft? Strap yourself in for a trip in the MiG-25 Foxbat interceptor and clock up to 2,100 mph (3,380 kmh/h)! Soar in the NAA X-15 rocket plane, which set a record of 4,520 mph (7,274 km/h) in 1967! Hop into the world's fastest jet, the NASA Hyper X-43 scramjet, but hang on it has the potential to go 7,000 mph (11,265 km/h)! Detailed illustrations put you in the cockpits of these mighty, streaking aircraft, while bite-sized facts explain how they work, their pilots' daring risks, and the thrill of supersonic flight.

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Non-fictionIllustrated book

Themes in Context

Aircraft facts and speed records

The book profiles different planes, their records and feats, and includes short explanations of how they work.Exploratory / explanatory

How the book presents it: Its short factual explanations and plane-by-plane structure present aircraft and speed as subjects to explore.

Talk about: How does the book explain what enables each plane to reach its described speed?

Why It May Be Worth Reading

The spread-by-spread focus on different planes offers a way to compare their feats and records. It may suit a reader who enjoys aircraft, speed or how technology works.

What Deserves Attention

The book refers to the risks pilots take, alongside the excitement of supersonic flight. If risk-taking is a sensitive topic for your reader, you could check how these passages are presented together.

A Conversation Worth Having

Which aircraft or speed record caught your attention most, and what would you want to know about how that plane works?

Reading Approach

Look through the cockpit illustrations together, then pause at each plane’s profile to connect its image with the facts about its speed and feats.

Confidence & Basis

Theme indicators describe how the book presents a topic; they are not a verdict on the whole book or your family's values. Confidence reflects how much book-specific material was checked. Only part of the book information was available, so some details remain unconfirmed.

What remains unconfirmed

Aircraft facts and speed records: The depth of the explanations and how the book handles differences between record speeds and potential speeds are unclear.

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Checked: 1 October 2026.

Relevant to: Aircraft facts and speed records

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