Question: Knight High School is named after a pilot that holds the world's speed record for flight in what type of aircraft?

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Éric Barone: Éric Barone (born 4 November 1960 in Oyonnax, France) is a French sportsman.  He holds the world speed record for bicycle, on both snow and gravel.  On snow, his speed record is 227.720 km/h achieved on the 18th March 2017, on the speed snow track at Vars, France while on gravel his speed record is 172 km/h , achieved at the Cerro Negro volcano, in Nicaragua.  His French nickname is “Baron Rouge”, which means Red Baron.

Richard Noble: Richard James Anthony Noble, OBE (born 6 March 1946) is a Scottish entrepreneur who was holder of the land speed record between 1983 and 1997.  He was also the project director of ThrustSSC, the vehicle which holds the current land speed record, set at Black Rock Desert, Nevada in 1997.

Flight plan: Flight plans are documents filed by a pilot or flight dispatcher with the local Civil Aviation Authority (e.g. the FAA in the United States) prior to departure which indicate the plane's planned route or flight path.  Flight plan format is specified in ICAO Doc 4444.  They generally include basic information such as departure and arrival points, estimated time en route, alternate airports in case of bad weather, type of flight (whether instrument flight rules [IFR] or visual flight rules [VFR]), the pilot's information, number of people on board and information about the aircraft itself.  In most countries, flight plans are required for flights under IFR, but may be optional for flying VFR unless crossing international borders.  Flight plans are highly recommended, especially when flying over inhospitable areas, such as water, as they provide a way of alerting rescuers if the flight is overdue.  In the United States and Canada, when an aircraft is crossing the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), either an IFR or a special type of VFR flight plan called a DVFR (Defense VFR) flight plan must be filed.  For IFR flights, flight plans are used by air traffic control to initiate tracking and routing services.  For VFR flights, their only purpose is to provide needed information should search and rescue operations be required, or for use by air traffic control when flying in a "Special Flight Rules Area".

Knight High School: Knight High School is a four-year public high school located in Palmdale, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District.  Knight High was the 7th general education school to join the district.  The high school opened its doors to freshmen in August 2003 and these same freshmen were the first class to graduate, graduating on May 31, 2007.  The high school was named after test pilot and politician William Joseph "Pete" Knight.  The school has received much recognition for its band program which has placed first in many events.  Knight High School has been the largest high school in the Antelope Valley for the past four years with an enrollment of close to 3,500 students.

Hughes H-1 Racer: The Hughes H-1 is a racing aircraft built by Hughes Aircraft in 1935.  It set a world airspeed record and a transcontinental speed record across the United States.  The H-1 Racer was the last aircraft built by a private individual to set the world speed record; most aircraft to hold the honor since have been military designs.

Macchi M.C.72: The Macchi M.C. 72 was an experimental seaplane designed and built by the Italian aircraft company Macchi Aeronautica.  The M.C. 72 held the world speed record for all aircraft for five years.  In 1933 and 1934, it set a world speed record for piston engine-powered seaplanes which still stands.

Speed record: A speed record is a world record for speed by a person, animal, or vehicle.  The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles.

Napier-Heston Racer: The Napier-Heston Racer, also referred to as the Heston Type 5 Racer or Heston High Speed Aircraft J.5, was a 1940s British single-seat racing monoplane first conceived by D. Napier and Son Ltd., and built by the Heston Aircraft Company Ltd, for an attempt on the World Air Speed Record.  The private venture was financed by William Morris, Lord Nuffield.

William J. Knight: William John "Pete" Knight (November 18, 1929 – May 7, 2004), (Col, USAF), was an American aeronautical engineer, politician, Vietnam War combat pilot, test pilot, and astronaut in the X-20 Dyna-Soar and North American X-15 programs.  Knight holds the world's speed record for flight in a winged, powered aircraft.

Zara Davis: Zara Davis (born 13 July 1966 in Bristol, England) is an English windsurfer.  She holds the outright World Women’s Nautical Mile speed record for a sailing vessel.  The record was achieved in Namibia in 2006 and ratified by the World Sailing Speed Record Council.

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Answer: winged, powered aircraft