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The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the current record-holder for a crewed airbreathing jet aircraft. 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.
The SR-71 was the world's fastest and highest-flying air-breathing operational manned aircraft throughout its career and it still holds that record. On 28 July 1976, SR-71 serial number 61-7962, piloted by then Captain Robert Helt, broke the world record: an "absolute altitude record" of 85,069 feet (25,929 m).
The finished aircraft weighed some 298 lb (135 kg) more than a standard 1938 vintage Spitfire. [ 1 ] By May 1938 the sprint version of the Merlin II, running on a special racing fuel of leaded petrol with benzol and methanol added, was achieving 2,100 hp (1,565 kW) on the test bench, for short periods.
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-25; NATO reporting name: Foxbat) is a supersonic interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft that is among the fastest military aircraft to enter service. Designed by the Soviet Union's Mikoyan-Gurevich bureau, it is an aircraft built primarily using stainless steel
The second plane, X-15-2, was rebuilt [20] after a landing accident on 9 November 1962 which damaged the craft and injured its pilot, John McKay. [21] The new plane renamed X-15A-2, had a new 28 -in. fuselage extension to carry liquid hydrogen. [1]
The MiG-31 is one of the fastest known operational combat aircraft in the world as of 2021, with a top speed of around 3,000 kilometres per hour (1,900 mph). [3] It continues to be operated by the Russian Aerospace Forces following the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The Chinese military flaunts its new technology at the end of the Western calendar year in late December or January. In May 2024, the military said its J-20 stealth fighter jet, also known as the ...
A category for video games simulating military combat, whether units which are land, naval or air. This category is for any games not covered by the following categories: Category:Flight simulation video games; Category:Ship simulation games; Category:Tank simulation video games; Also see Category:Space combat simulators.