Alison Millington
Developed and manufactured in the 1960s, this monster of a jet plane’s primary goal was to engage in highly classified reconnaissance missions, and to just generally fly faster than anything else of its time. Its best-recorded speed came in July of ’76 at Beale Air Force Base in Californ...
Number 10: Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker.Its top speed of 2.35 Mach brings it to the very edge of USSR craftmanship with a twin engine and the first fly-by-wire control system on a Russian jet ever. It was built for air superiority to counter the new American 3.5 gen fighters such as the F-...
All the 179 people aboard a passenger jet that crashed while landing at an airport in southwest South Korea were confirmed dead except only two rescued, multiple media outlets said Sunday, citing the fire authorities. More...
Artist's conception of Kepler-78b orbiting its star, a feat that it easily completes every 8.5 hours.Image courtesy David A. Aguilar (CfA)/Jet Propulsion Laboratory OK, world's fastest animal, world's fastest person — these are all fine and good, but with a serious Earth-centric bent. ...
Thrust SSC was piloted by Andy Green (UK), a wing commander in the RAF. The project director was Richard Noble (UK), who in 1983 had set the previous land-speed record of 1,020.406 km/h (634.051 mph) on board Thrust 2. The car is powered by two Roll...
In addition to the powerful jet stream winds blowing around the equatorial region of WASP-127 b, the researchers were also able to make a more detailed weather map of the planet. Although it is subjected to extreme heating by being so close to its star...
The fastest speed reached in a body-controlled jet-engine-powered suit is 85.06 mph (136.891 km/h) by Richard Browning (UK) of Gravity Industries at Brighton Beach in East Sussex, UK, on 14 November 2019. The attempt was staged as part of the 2019 Guinness World Records Day...
Furthermore, the Vision Jet's cutting-edge design also incorporates theCirrus Airframe Parachute System(CAPS), a whole-airframe parachute system, making it a game-changer in the world of single-engine private aircraft. Key facts Range: 1,275 nautical miles (1,467 miles / 2,361 km) ...
For the first time in 40 years, the fastest jet flight crew in the world reunited with the once super-secret spy plane that put them in the history books. At the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia, retired U.S. Air Force pilot Maj. Gen. Eldon “Al” Joersz and Lt. Col...