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   𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 (straphanger@urbanists.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 23:31:54 JST 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇

   The Past Was Fast!

   Here's #France's Aérotrain, which reached a top speed of 345 km/h, propelled by a turbojet engine and floating on a single rail, on a cushion of air.

   In this race from the mid-1960s, it beat a Cessna T-337 G.

   🚝 🧵

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     Ludovic Courtès (civodul@toot.aquilenet.fr)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 23:31:52 JST Ludovic Courtès

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     • Mike

     @MikeFromLFE @straphanger The bridge/railway on the video still exists though it was partially destroyed in 2007 to build a highway:
     https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voie_d%27essai_de_l%27a%C3%A9rotrain_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans

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     Mike (mikefromlfe@cupoftea.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 23:31:53 JST Mike

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     @straphanger I've always thought the Aerotrain experiments were amazing. I'd love to have seen it.

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     Ludovic Courtès (civodul@toot.aquilenet.fr)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 02:20:18 JST Ludovic Courtès

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     • Faidit 🇪🇺
     • Jeanne à vélo
     • Mike

     @jeanneavelo @straphanger @MikeFromLFE @faidit Sweet!

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     Jeanne à vélo (jeanneavelo@framapiaf.org)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 02:20:19 JST Jeanne à vélo

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     • Ludovic Courtès
     • Faidit 🇪🇺
     • Mike

     @civodul
     My dear comrade @faidit rides his bicycle every working day alongside this bridge/railway.

     Like that day in June 2016 after major flooding:
     https://youtu.be/gEyXaC3LyMM?si=BY05rwx7rwSpbo48
     @MikeFromLFE @straphanger