List of airspeed records

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The absolute airspeed record is the highest airspeed that can be achieved by an aircraft without a specific class. The rules of all official airspeed records are set by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).

The absolute airspeed world record recognized by the FAI is tied to a precisely defined 16.25 km long route that has to be flown in both directions at an altitude of 12,000 m. Speed ​​records achieved over other distances (other classes) are usually referred to as international records.

Classes

Non-absolute speed records are divided into several classes and sub-classes. There are three classes of aircraft: land planes, seaplanes, and amphibious planes . Within these classes there are also subdivisions for various weight classes and further subdivisions for piston engine, jet , turbo-prop and rocket aircraft. Either a certain route, a circuit of different lengths and loads or between certain cities such as New York and London is measured .

Historical order of the absolute airspeed records

date pilot speed plane Place, source, notes
mph km / h
1903 Wilbur Wright 6.82 10.98 Wright Flyer Kitty Hawk , USA
1905 Wilbur Wright 37.85 60.91 Wright Flyer III
November 12, 1906 Alberto Santos-Dumont 25.65 41.292 14-to First officially recognized airspeed record
October 26, 1907 Henri Farman 32.73 52,700 Voisin biplane
May 25, 1909 P. Tissander 34.04 54.810 Wright
August 23, 1909 Glenn Curtiss 43,367 69.821 Curtiss No, 2 1909 Gordon Bennett Cup , Reims , France
August 24, 1909 Louis Blériot 46.160 74.318 Blériot XI
August 28, 1909 Louis Blériot 47.823 76.995 Blériot XI
April 23, 1910 Hubert Latham 48.186 77,579 Antoinette
July 10, 1910 L. Morane 66.154 106.508 Blériot
October 29, 1910 Alfred Leblanc 68.171 109.756 Blériot XI
April 12, 1911 Alfred Leblanc 69,442 111,801 Blériot Blériot
May 11, 1911 Edouard de Nieuport 73,385 119.760 Nieuport
June 12, 1911 Alfred Leblanc 77.640 125,000 Blériot
June 16, 1911 Edouard de Nieuport 80.781 130.057 Nieuport
June 21, 1911 Edouard de Nieuport 82.693 133.136 Nieuport Never-2 N
January 13, 1912 Jules Vedrines 87.68 145.161 Deperdussin monocoque
February 22, 1912 Jules Vedrines 100.18 161.290 Deperdussin monocoque
February 29, 1912 Jules Vedrines 100.90 162.454 Deperdussin monocoque
March 1, 1912 Jules Vedrines 103.62 166.821 Deperdussin monocoque
March 2, 1912 Jules Vedrines 104.29 167.910 Deperdussin monocoque
July 13, 1912 Jules Vedrines 106.07 170.777 Deperdussin monocoque
September 9, 1912 Jules Vedrines 108.14 174.100 Deperdussin monocoque
June 17, 1913 Maurice Prévost 111.69 179.820 Deperdussin monocoque
September 27, 1913 Maurice Prévost 119.19 191.897 Deperdussin monocoque
September 29, 1913 Maurice Prévost 126.61 203.850 Deperdussin monocoque
1914 Norman Spratt 134.5 216.5 RAF SE, 4
August 1918 Roland Rohlfs 163 262.3 Curtiss Wasp Not officially recognized
1919 Joseph Sadi-Lecointe 191.1 307.5 Nieuport-Delage 29v
February 8, 1920 Joseph Sadi-Lecointe 171.0 275.264 Nieuport-Delage Ni-D.29 Villacoublay , France, first official record after the First World War
February 28, 1920 J. Casale 176.1 283,464 Spad-Herbemont Villacoublay, France
October 9, 1920 Bernard de Romanet 181.8 292.682 Spad-Herbemont Buc (Yvelines) , France
October 10, 1920 Joseph Sadi-Lecointe 184.3 296,694 Nieuport-Delage 29
October 20, 1920 Joseph Sadi-Lecointe 187.9 302.529 Nieuport-Delage 29
November 4, 1920 Bernard de Romanet 191.9 309.012 Spad page 20 Buc, France
December 12, 1920 Joseph Sadi-Lecointe 194.4 313,043 Nieuport-Delage 29
September 26, 1921 Joseph Sadi-Lecointe 205.2 330.275 Nieuport-Delage
October 13, 1922 Billy Mitchell 222.88 358,836 Curtiss R Detroit
October 18, 1922 Billy Mitchell 224.28 360.93 Curtiss R6
February 15, 1923 Joseph Sadi-Lecointe 232.91 375.00 Nieuport-Delage Istres
March 29, 1923 Russell Maughan 236,587 380.74 Curtiss R6
November 2, 1923 HJ Rowe 259.16 417.07 Curtiss R2C-1
November 4, 1923 Alford J, Williams 266.59 429.02 Curtiss R2C-1
November 11, 1924 Florentin Bonnet 278.37 448.171 Bernard Ferbois V.2
November 4, 1927 Mario de Bernardi 297.70 479.290 Macchi M.52
March 30, 1928 Mario de Bernardi 318.620 512.776 Macchi M.52bis
September 10, 1929 George H. Stainforth 336.3 541.4 Gloster VI Calshot , UK
September 12, 1929 Augustus Orlebar 357.7 575.5 Supermarine p.6 Calshot, UK
1929 Giuseppe Motta 362.0 582.6 Macchi M.67 Document is missing
September 13, 1931 George H. Stainforth 407.5 655.8 Supermarine S.6 B seaplane Lee-on-the-Solent , UK
April 10, 1933 Francesco Agello 423.6 682,078 Macchi MC72 Desenzano
October 23, 1934 Francesco Agello 440.5 709.209 Macchi MC72 Desenzano
March 30, 1939 Hans Dieterle 463,919 746,606 Heinkel He 100 V8 Oranienburg
April 26, 1939 Fritz Wendel 469.220 755.138 Messerschmitt Me 209 V1 augsburg
1941 Heini Dittmar 623.65 1003.67 Messerschmitt Me 163A V4 Peenemünde , rocket propulsion - No official FAI record, but over an official FAI distance (3 km)
1944 Heinz Herlitzius 624 1004 Messerschmitt Me 262 S2 Leipheim , not an official FAI record
1944 Heini Dittmar 702 1,130 Messerschmitt Me 163 B V18 Lagerlechfeld , rocket drives, no official FAI record
November 7, 1945 HJ Wilson 606.4 975.9 Gloster Meteor F Mk4 Herne Bay , UK
September 7, 1946 Edward Mortlock Donaldson 615.78 990.79 Gloster Meteor F Mk4 Littlehampton , UK
June 19, 1947 Albert Boyd 623.74 1,003.60 Lockheed P-80 Muroc , California, USA
August 20, 1947 Turner Caldwell 640.663 1,031,049 Douglas Skystreak Muroc , California, USA
August 25, 1947 Marion Eugene Carl USMC 650.796 1,047.356 Douglas Skystreak Muroc , California, USA
1947 Chuck Yeager 670.0 1078 Bell X-1 Muroc , California, USA - rocket propelled, not an official FAI record
September 15, 1948 Richard L. Johnson 670.84 1,079.6 North American F-86A-3 Saber Cleveland , USA
November 18, 1952 J, Slade Nash 698.505 1,124.13 North American F-86D Saber Salton Sea , USA
1953 William Barnes 715.745 1,151.88 North American F-86D Saber Salton Sea , USA
September 7, 1953 Neville Duke 727.6 1,171 Hawker Hunter F Mk3 Littlehampton , UK
September 26, 1953 Mike Lithgow 735.7 1,184 Supermarine Swift F4 Castel Idris, Tripoli , Libya
3rd October 1953 James B, Verdin , US Navy 752.9 1,211.5 Douglas F4D Skyray Salton Sea, USA
October 1953 Frank K, Everest USAF 755.1 1,215.3 North American F-100 Salton Sea, USA
From here on, the altitude measurement applies and no longer sea level
October 1955 Horace A. Hanes 822.1 1,323 North American F- 100C Palmdale , USA
March 10, 1956 Peter Twiss 1,132 1,822 Fairey Delta 2 Chichester , UK
December 1957 USAF 1,207.6 1,943.5 McDonnell F-101 A Edwards Air Force Base, USA
May 1958 WW Irwin , USAF 1,404 2,259.5 Lockheed F-104 C "Starfighter" Edwards Air Force Base, USA
October 31, 1959 Georgi Mossolov 1,484 2,388 Je-66 (prototype of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 ) USSR
December 1959 Joseph Rogers , USAF 1,525.9 2,455.7 Convair F-106 "Delta Dart" Edwards Air Force Base, USA
November 22, 1961 Robert G, Robinson , US Navy 1,606.3 2,585.1 Modified McDonnell F-4 Phantom II Edwards Air Force Base, USA
July 7, 1962 Georgi Mossolov 1,665.9 2,681 Mikojan-Gurevich Je-166 - type designation for the record attempt, originally a Mikojan-Gurevich Je-152 USSR
May 1, 1965 Robert L. Stephens and
Daniel Andre 		2,070.1 3,331.5 Lockheed YF-12 A Edwards Air Force Base , USA
July 28, 1976 Eldon W. Joersz and
George T. Morgan		 2,193.2 3,529.6 Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" # 61-7958 Beale AFB , USA

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Individual evidence

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  12. ^ American World's Speed ​​Record Homologated. In: Flight. January 11, 1923, p. 26.
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  24. ↑ Heini Dittmar ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sportflug-noervenich.de
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  30. ^ Robert Jackson: F-86 Saber: The Operational Record . Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994.
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  36. ↑ Taylor 1974, p. 432.
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