2006-07-20 04:33:57 · 20 answers · asked by floxy 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
I think you will never get to know the truth as to the fastest plane. Governments are not so stupid as to let people know what is going down.
2006-07-20 04:45:18 · answer #1 · answered by Andrew M 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
The SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3+ is the fastest confirmed aircraft in the world.
2006-07-20 11:35:14 · answer #2 · answered by draytondon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird with a maximum speed of 3500km/h (2 200mph, or over Mach 3).
The SR-71 officially set the air speed record on July 28, 1976 when it set a two way average speed of 3529km/h (2193 mph) around a closed course in California.
Only the experimental North American X-15 surpasses the SR-71 for the outright record for a manned aircraft at 7274km/h (4520mph).
2006-07-20 11:34:58 · answer #3 · answered by Grimread 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unarmed, the Lockheed SR-71 at Mach 3.2
The fastest armed A/C is the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-31 Foxhound. It can reach Mach 3.0
2006-07-21 03:51:48 · answer #4 · answered by genghis41f 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The SR-71 Blackbird is. It holds the record for flying from New York to London in 1 hour and 54 minutes at an average speed of 1,800 mph
2006-07-20 11:40:47 · answer #5 · answered by ianmarkwebber 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The North American X15A is the fastest acknowledged aeroplane: rocket powered and lauched from a B52 it was capable of around 7,000 mph (c.Mach 12) compared to the Mach 6 of the SR71. NASA and the USAF used it and pilots who flew it were classed as astronauts, among them was Neil Armstrong.
2006-07-20 11:41:26 · answer #6 · answered by Stephen Allcroft 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If by airplane you mean one that takes off on a runway and returns the same way, then the SR-71 Blackbird has the honors.
2006-07-20 12:22:42 · answer #7 · answered by belate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, the SR-71; however, the shuttle during landing is a flying body that generates lift. It could be considered the fastest.
2006-07-20 11:37:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
x 43, unmanned at mach 9.8
x 15 fastest manned aircraft at mach 6.7
but sr71 blackbird fastest airplane at mach 3.2
also there's the pegasus rocket and the space shuttle...
but for your purposes i'd go with the good old sr71 blackbird
2006-07-20 11:34:51 · answer #9 · answered by rumilb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a US military jet called the "Haboo" (might be mis-spelled). I don't know it's military call numbers. They were supposedly mothballed in the mid-90s, but I saw CNN footage of them being used in the invasion of Iraq. The only thing faster than it that flies is the Space Shuttle.
2006-07-20 11:38:00 · answer #10 · answered by rahkokwee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋