Despite claims of Mach 2.54, pilots report that the fastest speeds achieved in practice are Mach 2.25–2.3 in brand-new ...

We take a look at the ten fastest planes ever flown. Though some uncrewed aircraft (like the X-43) have flown faster, they ...

As Lockheed’s engineers pushed the F-104 past Mach 2, the “missile with a man in it” became both a symbol of progress and a warning of hubris. This episode tracks its record-setting flights, its ...

From rollout to Mach 2 in under 14 days, the Starfighter's test flights rewrote the book on development speed. Pilots climbed at 48,000ft per minute and touched 91,000ft on momentum alone. Donald ...

Civilian supersonic flight may not have made its anticipated revival yet but there's still a need for speed as shown by Bombardier, which has announced that its Global 8000 business jet is entering ...