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The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird holds the official Air Speed Record for a crewed airbreathing jet engine aircraft with a speed of 3,530 km/h (2,190 mph). The record was set on 28 July 1976 by Eldon W. Joersz and George T. Morgan Jr. near Beale Air Force Base, California, USA. It was able to take off and land unassisted on conventional runways. [47]
Tupolev Tu-95 MS. Previously, the Guinness Book of World Records listed the Soviet Tu-95 and Tu-142 bombers as "the fastest propeller-driven aircraft in standard production form", with a maximum level speed of 925 km/h (575 mph; 499 kn) or Mach 0.82. [6] XF-84H "Thunderscreech". Even earlier, in 1997, the Guinness Book of World Records listed ...
HTV-2 (artist rendering), the fastest uncrewed aerial vehicle. North American X-15, the fastest piloted rocket-powered aircraft. SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest piloted air-breathing aircraft. Rare Bear, the fastest piston-engined aircraft. Musculair 2, the fastest human-powered aircraft.
Year Airspeed Range Ceiling T/O Weight Engine power 1905 60.91 km/h (37.85 mph) USA Wilbur Wright Flyer III October 5, 1905 38.95 km (24.2 miles)
Major General Eldon Wayne Joersz (born February 5, 1944) is an American pilot, who jointly holds the World Air Speed Record . Joersz and Ltc George T. Morgan Jr. set the air speed record on July 28, 1976, in SR-71A Blackbird 61-7958 at Beale Air Force Base. They went to 2,193.167 mph [1] (3,529.56 km/h), breaking the record of Daniel Andre and ...
Mach number is a measure of how fast the airplane is flying relative to the speed of sound. The measurement and indication of airspeed is ordinarily accomplished on board an aircraft by an airspeed indicator (ASI) connected to a pitot-static system. The pitot-static system comprises one or more pitot probes (or tubes) facing the on-coming air ...
On October 4, 1930, Robert beat the junior transcontinental air speed record of Eddie August Schneider in his PA-6 Pitcairn Mailwing he named "Yankee Clipper". His time was 23 hours, 47 minutes of elapsed flying time. Robert said on February 6, 2005: "I was the youngest to fly coast to coast and that record still stands.
The aircraft went on to break the world air speed record when it reached a speed of 407.5 miles per hour (655.8 km/h) that year. Mitchell was awarded the Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) on 29 December 1931 for services in connection with the Schneider Trophy contest. Type 224 Supermarine Type 224