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The SR-71 also holds the "speed over a recognized course" record for flying from New York to London—distance 3,461.53 miles (5,570.79 km), 1,806.964 miles per hour (2,908.027 km/h), and an elapsed time of 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds—set on 1 September 1974, while flown by USAF pilot James V. Sullivan and Noel F. Widdifield ...
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]
Major General Eldon Wayne Joersz (born February 5, 1944) is an American pilot, who jointly holds the World Air Speed Record.. Joersz and Ltc George T. Morgan Jr. set the air speed record on July 28, 1976, in SR-71A Blackbird 61-7958 at Beale Air Force Base.
(Top) 1 Land vehicles. 2 Rail vehicles. ... SR-71 Blackbird, ... There is no officially recognized speed record for underwater craft, due to the secretive nature of ...
On July 28, 1976, an SR-71 set two world records for its class: an absolute speed record of 2,193.167 mph (3,529.56 km/h) and an US absolute altitude record of 85,068.997 feet (25,929 m). Only the Soviet MIG-25 high-altitude interceptor broke the record, reaching an altitude 37,650 m on August 31, 1977 (MIG-25).
Five international flights over the weekend were recorded going more than 800 mph due to record winds of around 265 mph. ... British Airways Flight 216 reached a top speed of 809 mph Sunday and ...
On delivery flight to the Smithsonian Institution, where the aircraft is now on display at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy center, this SR-71 set the current transcontinental record. Yeilding and Vida crossed the west coast near Ventura, CA and, 2,404.5 miles later, crossed the east coast near Salisbury, MD averaging 2,124.51 mph [9]
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