Top 10: The fastest aircraft ever made
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Other than spacecraft, aircraft are the fastest vehicles, leaving cars and bikes for dust.
USAF - 2/21
10: MiG-31 ‘Foxhound’ - Mach 2.83
Russian Federation - 3/21
10: MiG-31 ‘Foxhound’ - 1900mph - Mach 2.83
Russian Federation - 4/21
9: Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-150 series – Mach 2.85
Mike1979 - 5/21
9: Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-150 series – Mach 2.85
Greg Goebel - 6/21
8: General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark – Mach 2.91+
USAF - 7/21
8: General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark – Mach 2.91+
USAF - 8/21
7: North American XB-70 Valkyrie (1964) – Mach 3
USAF - 9/21
7: North American XB-70 Valkyrie (1964) – Mach 3
NASA - 10/21
6: Bell X-2 Starbuster - Mach 3.196 (air-launched)
NASA - 11/21
6: Bell X-2 Starbuster - Mach 3.196 (air-launched)
NACA - 12/21
5: Mikoyan MiG-25 ‘Foxbat’ - Mach 3.2
Alex Beltukov - 13/21
5: Mikoyan MiG-25 ‘Foxbat’ - Mach 3.2
Alex Beltyukov - 14/21
4: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird - Mach 3.3 (1964)
USAF - 15/21
4: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird - Mach 3.3 (1964)
USAF - 16/21
3: Lockheed YF-12 - Mach 3.35 (1963)
USAF - 17/21
3: Lockheed YF-12 - Mach 3.35 (1963)
USAF - 18/21
3: Lockheed YF-12 - Mach 3.35 (1963)
Alan Wilson - 19/21
2: Lockheed A-12 ‘Cygnus’
USAF - 20/21
1: North American X-15 - Mach 6.7+ (1959)
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1: North American X-15 - Mach 6.7+ (1959)
USAF
Joe Coles
Top 10: The fastest aircraft ever made There are many planes in the world - but these are the swiftest ever made