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Not sure if I understand the question but let me guess.

Aircraft (and ships) use a term for their speed that is called knots. This is another value of measuring speed and is close to the miles per hour value.

Aircraft also use the term Mach Number. This value represent the speed of sound or the percent of Mach 1.

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car speed is always measued in ground speed, or its speed in relation to the ground - plane speed is measured several ways but mostly it is in realtionship to the air, or air speed - a plane traveling at an airspeed of 60 mph flying into a headwind of 60 mph (common at very high altitude) has a ground speed of 0 mph or is actually standing still!

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