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An air speed record is the highest airspeed attained by an aircraft of a particular class. The rules for all official aviation records are defined by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), [ 1 ] which also ratifies any claims.
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) USA Wilbur Wright Flyer III October 5, 1905 15 m (50 ft) USA Wilbur Wright Flyer III September 28, 1905 388 kg (855 lb) USA Wright Brothers Flyer III 37 kW (50 hp) France Léon Levavasseur Antoinette 1907
The Guinness Book of World Records lists the Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 bomber and its derivatives (Tu-114 and Tu-142) as "the fastest propeller-driven aircraft in standard production form", with a maximum cruise speed of 925 km/h (575 mph; 499 kn) or Mach 0.82.
Pages in category "Aviation records" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. ... Flight airspeed record; Flight altitude record;
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Flight airspeed record: 31 August 1977 37,650 m Aleksandr Vasilyevich Fedotov (Soviet Union) MiG E-266M: Flight altitude record: 22 October 1938 17,083 m Mario Pezzi (Italy) Caproni Ca.161: Flight altitude record (piston engine without payload) Class CS: Solar-powered aeroplanes: 7 July 2010 9,235 m 26 h 10 m 19 s André Borschberg (Switzerland)
Five international flights over the weekend were recorded going more than 800 mph due to record winds of around 265 mph.
On 7 September 1953, Duke set a new world air speed record of 727.63 mph (1,171.01 km/h), flying Hunter WB188. [4] (With this world record Neville Duke exceeded the unofficial world record set by Heini Dittmar with the Me 163 BV18), [5] also gaining for himself the Gold Medal of the Royal Aero Club.