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An air speed record is the highest airspeed attained by an aircraft of a particular class. ... "The World's Speed Record". Flight, 25 May 1951, pp. 617–619.
77 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat (N-777L) Rare Bear world speed record holder at the 2014 Reno Air Races. The more "traditional" class of propeller-driven aircraft comprises those powered by piston engines, which include nearly all aircraft from the Wright brothers up through World War II.
Year 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)
The H-1's two-bladed constant speed propeller was still the performance standard. Before the H-1 took to the air, the world absolute speed record was 440.7 mph (709.2 km/h), held by a Macchi M.C.72 seaplane and set in October 1934. The landplane record was 314.32 mph (505.85 km/h), averaged by Raymond Delmotte in a Caudron C.460.
As with many world records, ... air-breathing 3,529.56: 2,193.17: ... There is no officially recognized speed record for underwater craft, due to the secretive nature ...
The M.C. 72 held the world speed record for all aircraft for five years. For comparison, the record holder for a land-based aircraft was held (for a time) by the Hughes H-1 Racer with a top speed of only 566 km/h (352 mph). Then, in 1939, two German racing aircraft surpassed the M.C. 72.
Five international flights over the weekend were recorded going more than 800 mph due to record winds of around 265 mph. ... the aircraft at a point reaching a top speed of ... relative to the air ...
On 10 March 1956, the Fairey Delta 2 broke the World Air Speed Record, raising it to 1,132 mph (1,811 km/h) or Mach 1.73. [7] This achievement exceeded the prior recorded airspeed record by 310 mph, or 37 per cent; never before had the record ever been raised by such a margin.