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The following is a list of speed records for various types of vehicles. This list only presents the single greatest speed achieved in each broad record category; for more information on records under variations of test conditions, see the specific article for each record category.
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird holds the official Air Speed Record for a crewed airbreathing jet engine aircraft with a speed of 3,530 km/h (2,190 mph). The record was set on 28 July 1976 by Eldon W. Joersz and George T. Morgan Jr. near Beale Air Force Base, California, USA.
Fastest speed achieved by humans. The fastest speed at which humans have travelled is 39,937.7 km/h (24,816.1 mph). The command module of Apollo 10, carrying Col. (later Lieut Gen.) Thomas Patten Stafford, USAF (b. 17 Sep 1930), Cdr (later Capt.) Eugene Andrew Cernan (1934–2017) and Cdr (later Capt.) John Watts Young, USN (1930–2018 ...
On the ground, the fastest speed clocked by a human being was 760 face-melting miles per hour. In 1997 in the Nevada desert, Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green broke the sound barrier in a British-built jet-propelled car dubbed the ThrustSSC.
12 lip 2017 · Marvel at some of humankind's most admirable and spectacular speed records across a range of transport modes.
6 lis 2020 · Driven by Andy Green, the twin turbofan jet-powered car achieved the current land speed record of 763.035 mph or 1227.985 kmh over one mile in October 1997.
5 cze 2013 · The highest speed attained by a rocket-powered airplane, NASA’s X-15 aircraft, was Mach 6.7. The fastest air-breathing, manned vehicle, the SR-71, achieved slightly more than Mach 3.2. The X-43A more than doubled, then tripled, the top speed of the jet-powered SR-71.
