Other than spacecraft, aircraft are the fastest vehicles, leaving cars and bikes for dust. We take a look at the ten fastest planes ever flown. Though some uncrewed aircraft (like the X-43) have flown ...

The fastest air-breathing vehicle ever built was the NASA X-43. Only three of these aircraft were built, with one being destroyed and two operating successfully. The X-43 testbed aircraft measured 12 ...

From the Me 262 to late-war Spitfires and Mustangs, this list ranks WWII’s quickest combat-ready aircraft by top speed and ...

The bomber is a menacing sight for any pilot or target on the receiving end of its payload. Aerial combat is only around a century old, but it quickly bisected itself into two distinct aircraft types.

With their powerful engines and aerodynamic frames, the following aircraft represent the pinnacle of fighter jet technology in terms of speed and performance. During the Cold War, the United States ...

Owning an aircraft of any sort is a luxury reserved for a very small club. Owning one of the fastest machines on the market, however, is a flex on an entirely different level. Ever since Chuck ...

It probably won't come as much of a surprise to learn that speed is one of the key factors in designing fighter, attack, and interceptor aircraft. These military machines are used to fly out and ...

The rather short-lived Concorde has set the standard for speed when it comes to civilian aircraft. With a maximum cruise speed of Mach 2.04 (1,350 mph/2,179 kph) at an altitude of 60,000 feet (18,288 ...