Achieving high-speed travelling methods has one of the goals of humans since very long time. In this mossion, humans have constantly developing various means to achieve fast speed, and developing supersonic aircraft has one of the significant achievements.
Even after achieving this, the human race did not stop.
Since then, we have develop much faster aircraft that are not only capable of breaking the sound barrier but can go even faster.
Fastest Aircraft Ever Built
In the history of the world, the fastest plane ever built was the North American Aviation X-15.
This plane was built to achieve Mach 6.7 (the speed of an aircraft compare to the speed of sound) or 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km per hour).
The world’s fastest plane serve the purpose of America’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration to carry out high-speed aeronautic research.
To achieve its Mach 6.7 speed, the X-15 was launch from a B-52 mothership to achieve the fastest speed possible or get to the edge of space.
Fastest Military Jet in the World
The fastest jet aircraft in the world is carry by a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.
The plane was built for the military to outrun missiles and interceptors fire at the aircraft.
The SR-71 was develop from the Lockheed A-12 “Oxcart,” develop for the American Central Intelligence Agency.
The Blackbird is capable of cruising at Mach 3.2 which is around 2,259 miles per hour.
So, the flight operations of the world’s fastest aircraft end for the US Air Force and the CIA because of high operating costs.
Fastest Civilian Jet Aircraft
The fastest civilian jet aircraft was capable of cruising at Mach 2.04 which is equal to 1.354 miles per hour and was known as the Concorde.
This plane was only allow to fly above sea because of the sonic boom create because of the Mach speed.
In addition, the aircraft operating the aircraft was not commercially viable making it hard to operate.
But the services of the aircraft finally end with the crash of a Concorde on 25th July, 2000.
