Key Points and Summary - In 1967, USAF Major "Pete" Knight set a world speed record that remains "unbroken" 68 years later. -Flying the X-15A-2 rocket plane (Flight 188), Knight reached an astonishing ...

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 ...

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 ...