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Which is the fastest air plane in the world.. which country owns it.? and what is its speed?
2007-05-19 01:22:52 · 12 answers · asked by yoursmadhan 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Probably the SR-71 Blackbird, a YF jet aircraft, USA owned, top speed in the Mach 4-5 range? ( true top speed unknown to public ). I don't know of any other country with as fast an aircraft as this one.
2007-05-19 01:29:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Officially, the worlds fastest airplane is the Boeing X-43A, an unmanned experimental aircraft used in hypersonic flight testing. The X-43 was created by the United States and reached a top speed of Mach 9.8 (7,546 mph) on November 16, 2004.
2007-05-20 04:30:13 · answer #2 · answered by wind292006 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Fastest plane in the world is the X-43 owned by US...it is unmanned...travels at Mach Speed: Mach 9.6 (~7,000 mph).
The fasted manned plane in the world is the X-15 its Speed: 4,104 mph (Mach 6.06).
2007-05-21 09:10:50 · answer #3 · answered by axemanin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NASA's X-43A scramjet with a new world speed record for a jet-powered aircraft - Mach 9.6, or nearly 7,000 mph. The X-43A set the new mark and broke its own world record on its third and final flight on Nov. 16, 2004.
2007-05-22 16:59:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to be more precise with your question! Do you mean the fastest prop plane or the fastest jet aircraft ever built? The fastest aircraft ever built would be the shuttle when it reenters the Earths atmosphere! If you mean the fastest prop driven airplane then that would be a fighter in a power dive which may have broken the sound barrier in WW II! I believe record wise the fastest would be the X-15 or the Aurora aircraft! Mere orbital speed is 18,000 miles per hour! Anything less and they reenter the atmosphere! Which means this aircraft has exceeded the X-43 considerably!
2007-05-19 08:36:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
SR-71 Blackbird holds the world speed record after 30 some years of flying...built by Lockheed in the 60's for surveillance. Originally, they used a couple of Buick Wildcat 430 motors to start it. One astounding aircraft.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR-71_Blackbird
2007-05-19 08:37:38 · answer #6 · answered by paul h 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
* If you cliick the [ discover ] button in http://answers.yahoo.com , this answer had already been questioned before, by César Córdova , his question is
" Which is the fastest airplane and the speed it reached? "
I got the best answer picked by César Córdova
* to save you time, this is my answer to César Córdova's
question :
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* Once operational airplanes : SR-71 (Mach 3.4+) and MiG-25 (Mach 2.8+)
* X-planes (unmanned) & with its own power: X-15 about Mach 6.5-7+ . X-15 is attached to B-52 to about 35-50.000 ft, then released and ignited, then reached about Mach 7+
* X-planes (unmanned) about Mach 7-12
* Space Shuttle (small retro control rocket) + gravity : about Mach 24-28
* top secret / classified aircraft about Mach 4-10 :) wait for years, or even, about 15-25 years from now, then we all can see how this plane looks like :)
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I'll add more info on SR-71 ,
[ my answer to the question : " How much fuel does it take for airplanes to take off? , also in this answers.yahoo.com ]
* one of the fastest planes on earth, SR-71 Blackbird, when it takes off, it consumes MORE THAN 1/4 ( > 25% ) of its fuel tanks (the exact percentage is classified, hehehe )
* i believe (98% sure) US owns the world's fastest airplanes
2007-05-19 08:51:51 · answer #7 · answered by ryanop 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
SR 71 (US air force) has the world speed record of 3556 Km/hr but it has been retired now.
2007-05-19 10:02:24 · answer #8 · answered by genius 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sr-71 Created in the U.S.A
2007-05-19 17:29:22 · answer #9 · answered by Concorde 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sr-71 over mach4!
unmanned X-43 over mach 8!
space shuttles over mach 24!
1 mach =333metres/sec
2007-05-20 15:26:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋