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Reached (Mach 0.96) during an emergency dive while carrying out spying flights over China, the highest speed ever recorded for a piston-engined aircraft (though not in level flight). [68] 14 October 2012: Felix Baumgartner: 844: 1,358: None (jumped from a helium balloon gondola) Fastest unpowered descent of a human [69] [70] 7 February 1996 ...
The Pegasus rocket booster separated from its B-52 carrier at 40,000 feet and its solid rocket took the combination to Mach 10 at 110,000 feet. [9] The X-43A split away at Mach 9.8 and the engine was started at Mach 9.65 for 10–12 seconds with thrust approximately equal to drag, and then glided to the Pacific Ocean after 14 minutes. [9]
10 January 1980 Retains record for circumnavigation using only scheduled transportation. [25] Air France: 32 hours 49 minutes and 3 seconds 12 October 1992 13 October 1992 Concorde FAI "Westbound Around the World" world air speed record from Lisbon, Portugal. [26] [27] [28] Michel Dupont and Claude Hetru 31 hours 27 minutes and 49 seconds
He was the fastest flying man alive and would hold the record until 1961, when the X-15 reached four times the speed of sound (Mach 4). Having been flown 12 times before Apt's flight, it was known ...
XB-1 became the first American-made private supersonic jet to fly faster than the speed of sound as Boom ... Brandenburg reached Mach 1.11, about 10% over supersonic speed. ... ever flown was ...
Even earlier, in 1997, the Guinness Book of World Records listed the Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech experimental USAF fighter as the fastest propeller-driven aircraft, with a speed of 1,003 km/h (623 mph; 542 kn) or Mach 0.83. [6] While it may have been designed as the fastest propeller-driven aircraft, this goal was never realized due to ...
The Mach number is defined as a plane’s speed divided by the speed that sound waves move through the air. To “break the sound barrier” means to fly faster than the speed of sound, with Mach ...
Land speed records by surface Category Speed (km/h) Speed (mph) Vehicle Operator Date Certifier Refs On ice: 335.7: 208.6: Audi RS 6: Janne Laitinen 9 Mar 2013 FIA [19] On the Moon: 18.0: 11.2: Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV‑003) Eugene Cernan: 11 Dec 1972 (unofficial) [20] On Mars: 0.18: 0.11: Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity