ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Cross-America flight air speed record

So, have you ever taken a really long car ride? Imagine if you could fly across the entire country instead of driving. That's what pilots sometimes do, and they try to do it really fast!

People like to see who can fly across the country the fastest. Kind of like a race in the sky! They call it the cross-america flight air speed record.

Basically, a group of really skilled pilots get into their planes and try to see who can fly from one side of the country to the other in the shortest amount of time. It's kind of like a contest to see who can run the fastest, but instead it's who can fly the fastest.

The faster they go, the more air resistance they face, like trying to walk through wind. And since they're going so fast, they have to be super careful and make sure they don't have any problems while they're flying.

Sometimes they have to fly pretty high up in the air to go fast enough to set a record, which can be a little scary because it's so high up! But they're really good at what they do.

So, the cross-america flight air speed record is basically a competition for pilots to see who can fly across the country the fastest without any problems. It's like a race in the sky!