{"id":3240,"date":"2018-03-23T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=3240"},"modified":"2018-11-05T21:06:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T02:06:08","slug":"what-is-the-fast-plane-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/what-is-the-fast-plane-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the fastest plane in the world?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is the fastest plane in the world?\u00a0 The answer depends on the criteria.\u00a0 If you are discussing airplanes that can take off and land under their own power, the answer is the SR-71.\u00a0 If you are discussing planes that are carried by other planes to takeoff, the answer is the X-15.\u00a0 My criteria is the former.<\/p>\n

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The SR-71 was designed by Clarence \u201cKelly\u201d Johnson.\u00a0 In aviation design, Kelly Johnson is a legend, an absolute legend.\u00a0 If the design world is a pyramid, Kelly Johnson is at the top.<\/p>\n

The SR-71 is a derivative of the YF-12.\u00a0 The YF-12 was an interceptor prototype that carried missiles and was designed to shoot down invading Soviet aircraft.\u00a0 The US Air Force decided not to fully develop the YF-12.\u00a0 However, Kelly Johnson\u2019s famed Lockheed Skunk Works modified the plane into a reconnaissance aircraft labeled the SR-71.<\/p>\n

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The YF-12 held the record for speed until July 1976.\u00a0 On July 28, pilot Eldon Joersz and navigator George Morgan set the speed record of 2,193 miles per hour (over Mach 3). \u00a0The SR-71 likely flew faster than the record flight, but its top speed was classified.\u00a0\u00a0Joersz and Morgan celebrated their flight 40 years later:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/909026\/sr-71-pilots-crew-relive-absolute-speed-record\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0George Morgan ()\u00a0 Eldon Joersz (R<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Interestingly, then Captain Eldon Joersz, who set the speed record, went on to become Colonel Eldon Joersz the Deputy for Operations in the 92nd<\/sup> Bomb Wing.\u00a0 I served under him when I arrived at Fairchild AFB.\u00a0 He was a fine officer and a true gentleman.\u00a0 Humorously, I remember his blue trousers of his service dress were a bit too high.\u00a0 I guess you can get away with that when you hold the record for the fastest flight.<\/p>\n

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The rocket powered X-15 flew faster than the SR-71, but it was lifted into flight by a B-52.\u00a0 None the less, in 1967 Pete Knight piloted the X-15 to a speed of Mach 6.70.\u00a0 Knight was a fine American who later served in the California General Assembly.<\/p>\n

For a list of the top ten fastest aircraft see:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.migflug.com\/jetflights\/the-10-fastest-aircraft-in-the-world.html<\/a><\/p>\n

But for now the answer to the question, \u201cWhat is the fastest plane in the world\u201d is simply the SR-71.\u00a0 http:\/\/www.sr71.us\/spd_run001.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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