2006-09-08 21:33:59 · 21 answers · asked by intel 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
SR-91 Aurora followed by the SR 71 Black Bird
The Black Bird can go as fast as Mach 3.3+ (2193.167 mph, 3529.560 km/h) at 80,000 ft (24 000 m)
2006-09-08 21:43:10 · answer #1 · answered by blued79 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Space Shuttle is the fastest aircraft by far ! It flies at over Mach 4 (four times the speed of sound) as it heads to space. The next would be the SR-71 Blackbird which by military records flies at Mach-3+ the actual speed has not been released by the Air Force or NASA. But if you look at the last flight of the 71, the time it took to get from NY to CA it flew faster than Mach 4.5. As for passenger craft the Concorde wins hands down with supersonic flight by a passenger aircraft.
HOWEVER , this will all be moot soon as a new scram jet is tested in Australia. The Canberra will be tested on a rocket possibly able to reach Mach 10. If this occurs, and a new test bed is made to be able to withstand the speeds, we will see a new king of speed. (SEARCH- worlds fastest jet australia)
2006-09-10 07:33:22 · answer #2 · answered by Krash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The SPACE SHUTTLE as it's name says ... is not an AIRCRAFT
X-15 on test Flights, and SR 71 BLACK BIRD in regular operations.
and some additional INFO
Fastest jet aircraft: SR-71
Fastest single prop driven seaplane: MC-72
Fastest single prop driven aircraft: F-8F
Fastest single engine turboprop: XA2D
Fastest jet fighter: MiG-25
Fastest U.S. jet fighter: F-15
Fastest U.S. strategic bomber: FB-111
Fastest operating commercial jet: 747
Fastest business jet: Citation X
Fastest turboprop transport: Tu-114
Fastest supersonic passenger jet: Tu-144
Fastest FAR 23 certified turboprop: P180
Fastest initial attack air tanker in service
today: L-188
Fastest heavy bomber: Tu-160
Fastest helicopter: Lynx ZB-500
Set around the world helicopter speed record:
Bell 206 L-1
Fastest attack helicopter: Mi-24
Holds the unofficial record as the fastest multi-engine propeller aircraft Tu-95
Fastest operational air tanker: IL-76
Fastest combined propeller and jet driven aircraft: XB-47D
Fastest drone aircraft: X-43A
Fastest ever WW II aircraft: Me-163
Fastest WW II prop plane: Do-335
Fastest WW II jet fighter: He-162
Fastest WW II Japanese aircraft: MXY-7
Fastest WW II heavy bomber: B-29
2006-09-12 17:06:01 · answer #3 · answered by javiercinni 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The biggest aircraft currently in service is Antonov An-225, while the fastest is Mikoyan MiG-31. The biggest supersonic jet ever produced and currently in service is Tupolev-160.
The MiG-31 flies at 3000km/h
2006-09-12 21:23:33 · answer #4 · answered by Fadhl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Easy the Space Shuttle
2006-09-09 19:56:27 · answer #5 · answered by weejon70 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Concorde..it is the fastest passenger aircraft which can go to heights of 68, 000 feet above ground from where u can see the earth round in shape. it can travel at the speed of sound. there are some faster planes than this one, but they are only jet fighters. the most common and usual fast and supersonic is Concorde.
2006-09-09 05:41:53 · answer #6 · answered by Seungyong W 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Technically, the Space Shuttle. Its the only winged vehicle that has achieved orbit. If you don't require wings, then the Apollo spacecraft. They've left Earth orbit.
2006-09-09 09:18:49 · answer #7 · answered by young_at_heart_05 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with the people that have said the space shuttle, even though it is powered by 2 rocket boosters. to break into orbit, the space shuttle needs to be going 17,321 mph which, if you want to put it into Mach... its about 22 times the speed of sound
... Mach 22
2006-09-09 15:21:44 · answer #8 · answered by mcdonaldcj 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the blackbird SR-71 its a military spy plane that could reach speeds of mach 3 but has since been retired
2006-09-09 09:35:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the plane that has the public record is the X-15
2006-09-09 06:23:03 · answer #10 · answered by KA-BOOM 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋