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Paul Weinstock
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Hey, sorry I do not know a lot about flight. Does someone could tell me, please. What is the fastest aircraft right know?
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harleyman
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Here Paul Welcome...
SR-71 Blackbird 2,293 mph world speed record. The fastest jet aircraft in the world.
SR-71 Blackbird 2,293 mph world speed record. The fastest jet aircraft in the world.
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Z-PurpleBubble
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Hey Paul,
if you're talking about fastest manned operational aircraft around, then harleyman is right.
But fast isn't necessarily fun though!!
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Matt Wynn
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i've heard that before, but SR-71 is retired isn't it, as is the MiG-25 'foxbat'... so does the space shuttle count? if not that'd make the F-15 the fastest operational aircraft wouldn't it? F-15's max design speed is M2.5...
The SR71 is fascinating. Last year at Airventure I listened to a former SR pilot talk about his missions and the aircraft. It is amazing how they operated them with such secrecy and accuracy at the same time. The SR pilots were the best of the best.
I would say not. It is technically a spacecraft, not an aircraft. I looked it up earlier when the author first posted the question. I'm sure there's room for some debate over that though.
Do you know that this bird "Bleeded" fuel through its skin????......a most strange and unique aircraft......its fuel was also unique!!!!a wonder of chemistry.....
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max_thehitman
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Faster than the SR-71 and manned plane would be the X-15.
Unmanned would be Project Aurora AND Hyper-X
Unmanned would be Project Aurora AND Hyper-X
SkippyBing
Charter Member
MiG-25 is certainly up there and faster in day to day service than the F-15.
Max continuous M2.8, max with an engine change M3.2. It's still in limited service with a number of operators.
The Blackbird leaked fuel on the ground as there was flex in the system to allow for expansion at operating speed and temperature.
Max continuous M2.8, max with an engine change M3.2. It's still in limited service with a number of operators.
The Blackbird leaked fuel on the ground as there was flex in the system to allow for expansion at operating speed and temperature.
kilo delta
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kilo delta
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SkippyBing
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Yeah, I remember reading a book on Kelly Johnson where they were talking about the planned American SST. The president of the time announced it was going to go M3.0 which Johnson knew would be massively impracticable as you'd then have all the problems they had with the Blackbird plus trying to carry pax.
By sticking to M2.0 Concorde didn't need to use large amounts of Titanium etc. and avoided having leaks in the fuel system which would make it very hard to certify as a commercial aircraft! I seem to remember it stretched about 6 inches in flight and used the fuel as a heat sink.
By sticking to M2.0 Concorde didn't need to use large amounts of Titanium etc. and avoided having leaks in the fuel system which would make it very hard to certify as a commercial aircraft! I seem to remember it stretched about 6 inches in flight and used the fuel as a heat sink.
I would suspect it might qualify as the world's largest/fastest glider after re-entry though!Originally Posted by Smoothie
... so does the space shuttle count?
I would say not. It is technically a spacecraft, not an aircraft. I looked it up earlier when the author first posted the question. I'm sure there's room for some debate over that though.
I tagged this site the other night for some odd reason that I can't remember. Guess I new a thread like this might pop up one day????
A supposed list of the world's fastest jets.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread171272/pg1
Which leads to this site:
http://www.globalaircraft.org/top50.htm
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A supposed list of the world's fastest jets.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread171272/pg1
Which leads to this site:
http://www.globalaircraft.org/top50.htm
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Bjoern
worst developer ever
There's still some MiG-25s around and the VVS has some MiG-31s in service, which are both substantially faster than the F-15.