Aviation is inseparably linked to the chase of speed. Since the first days of the powered flight, engineers and pilots have ...

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 ...

Canadian aircraft maker Bombardier flew the Global 800 from Los Angeles to the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK, setting a city pair record.

When standard physics said it couldn't be done, these designers rewrote the rules. Step inside the absolute limits of ...

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 ...

Speed has always been one of the biggest advantages in warfare. From the early days of jet engines to Cold War arms races, nations pushed aircraft to fly faster and higher than ever thought possible.

Image Credit: William Pretrina - P-38 Lighting, CC BY-SA 2.0/Wiki Commons. When you think about World War II, you probably picture tanks crawling through Europe or ships battling it out in the Pacific ...

The company's largest and fastest vehicle to date, Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 brings Hermeus one step closer to building the world's fastest aircraft. TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M., March 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ ...

The Global 8000 aircraft set its latest speed record en route to the Farnborough International Airshow, where the aircraft will showcase its outstanding performance attributes in its first ever aerial ...

Ceruzzi, Paul E. 2015. [Book review] "X-15:the World’s Fastest Rocket Plane and the Pilots who Ushered in the Space Age, by John Anderson and Richard Passman." Quest: The History of Spaceflight ...