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The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird holds the official Air Speed Record for a crewed airbreathing jet engine aircraft with a speed of 3,530 km/h (2,190 mph). The record was set on 28 July 1976 by Eldon W. Joersz and George T. Morgan Jr. near Beale Air Force Base, California, USA. It was able to take off and land unassisted on conventional runways. [47]
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
Tupolev Tu-95. 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.
Five international flights over the weekend were recorded going more than 800 mph due to record winds of around 265 mph.
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Flight distance record (without refueling) 28 July 1976 3,529.56 km/h Eldon W. Joersz (United States) Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 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