If you’ve ever flown in an airplane, you
may have experienced a sense of great acceleration on take-off, but nothing
like speeds these craft can achieve.
Aircraft
|
Pilots
|
Date
|
Location
|
Top Speed(KPH)
|
Top Speed(MPH)
|
|
1
|
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
|
Eldon W Joersz, George T Morgan
|
Jul 28, 1976
|
Beale Air Force Base, CA(USA)
|
3529.6
|
2193.2
|
2
|
Lockheed YF-12A
|
Robert L Stephens, Daniel Andre
|
May 1, 1965
|
Edwards Air Force Base, CA(USA)
|
3331.5
|
2070.1
|
3
|
Mikoyan Gurevich Ye-166
|
Georgii Mosolov
|
Jul 7, 1962
|
USSR (Russia)
|
2681
|
1665.9
|
4
|
McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II
|
Robert G Robertson
|
Nov 22, 1961
|
Edwards Air Force Base, CA(USA)
|
2585.1
|
1603.3
|
5
|
Convair F-106 Delta Dart
|
Jose Rogers
|
Dec 15, 1959
|
Edwards Air Force Base, CA(USA)
|
2455.7
|
1525.9
|
6
|
Lockheed F-104C Starfighter
|
WW Irwin
|
May 16, 1958
|
Edwards Air Force Base, CA(USA)
|
2259.5
|
1404
|
7
|
McDonnell F-101A Voodoo
|
Adrian Drew
|
Dec 12, 1957
|
Edwards Air Force Base, CA(USA)
|
1943.5
|
1207.6
|
8
|
Fairey Delta 2
|
Peter Twiss
|
Mar10, 1956
|
Chicgester (UK)
|
1822
|
1132
|
9
|
F-100C Super Sabre
|
Horace A Hanes
|
Aug 20, 1955
|
Palmdale (USA)
|
1323
|
822.1
|
10
|
Douglas F4D Skyray
|
James B Verdin
|
Oct 3, 1953
|
Salton Sea (USA)
|
1211.5
|
752.8
|
