Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Bell X-2 Starbuster Lockheed YF-12 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 Foxbat Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-31 Foxhound 1. NASA X-43 The X-43, an experimental aircraft, holds the distinction of being not only the fastest fighter jet but the fastest aircraft ever built period,...
The Strategic Air Command learned to live with the B-47’s deficiencies and vile habits because the Stratojet was faster than most Soviet fighters. Too fast to land safely, B-47s trailed two braking parachutes. Underpowered, the bombers were fitted with booster rockets for takeoff. Short on ...
The fastest manned aircraft until its retirement in 1989, the Mach 3+ Blackbird also used a hybrid engine, sometimes called a turboramjet [sources: National Museum of the USAF; Smithsonian; Ward]. We'll dive into the SR-71 and other ramjet hybrids and subtypes in the next section. Rudi ...
“Test engineers on the commercial side like to record their data, while on the military side they like to transmit it for safety reasons. “On the commercial side they want the vehicle to return, on the military side, the vehicle generally does not return.” Axon/ADAU: next gene...