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El_Boberto t1_j1gwkxm wrote

100% made up. They went all out when they announced the Camaro. They sent out cryptic invites to automotive journalists for the reveal and made up a fake organization for the eradication of panthers, it’s code name during development, and invited them to join. The press conference was the first and last meeting of said organization.

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PhasmaFelis t1_j1gu6iq wrote

You're not wrong, but this amuses me because, in aircraft, "ground speed" means what you're calling GPS speed. Basically just the horizontal component of your speed. An aircraft in a vertical dive has a ground speed of zero even if it's close to breaking the sound barrier.

(For extra confusion, "air speed" is your speed relative to the air around you, and that air may also be moving. If you're in level flight, heading due north into a 50MPH wind blowing due south, you might have a 300MPH airspeed but only 250MPH ground speed.)

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