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PHILIP REEDER

4y↑34

The fastest aircraft (air breathing) was not shown.
The Lockheed A-12 Oxcart was the ORIGINAL aircraft in the "SR" line.
It was slightly smaller but actually faster than the later SR-71.
The Oxcart was THE aircraft that penetrated deep inside Soviet airspace (ie, MOSCOW) regularly with impunity.
It was flown exclusively by CIA pilots (1964-1968).
The YF-12 was a USAF interceptor version without numerous stealth features of the A-12.
All of these types (except the YF-12) were capable of much higher speeds than is published.
As SR pilot Brian Shul stated, "We always had more speed available."
Probably in the mid Mach 4 to low Mach 5 numbers.
Pilots were likely told to never use that speed while monitored over enemy or friendly airspace.

cdc3

4y↑5

@злой кот I compliment you on your knowledge of English, but not on your ability to comprehend it.

1) I never said anything at anytime about the MiG-31. Why do you keep mentioning it?
2) You wrote, "These are interceptors and not fighters!", ignoring that I said the SAME THING: "It was essentially a straight line INTERCEPTOR aimed at the B1 bomber and that was about it." The B1's mission changed because of the MiG-25 from a high altitude supersonic bomber to a low altitude bomber.
3) While the MiG-25 could hit around 2,131 mph (3,429 kph), it was incapable of sustaining that speed without the probability of destroying the engines. The SR 71 was quite capable of sustaining around 2,193 mph (3,529 kph) and in fact had to sustain a speed very close to that at a ceiling of at least 12,000 ft higher than the MiG-25 could reach or it could stall and fall out of the sky.

I don't know why you are so angry. Personally, I've been to Moscow, I like the Russian and Ukrainian people, I've been around them for a long time. I don't think much of the F22 fighter on our side of the ocean, but then again, I'm not a pilot. And yes, I do know what an Amur tiger is. While not as big, I've had fun with a mountain lion in the past which weighed about 68K. He had my hand in his mouth, but was a nice kot and gave it back unharmed.

Calm down a bit. Not every military plane in Russia or in the USofA is the best in the world.

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Carter Stokoe

4y↑229

Fun fact: The Sr-71 suffered an "unstart" (compressor stall) at Mach 3.3 while setting its speed and altitude record in 1965. While running through a 100+ item checklist for the re-start the engine, the aircraft actually gained altitude and maintained mach 3.2 through the timing gate. Yes, that's correct...the Sr-71, one of the fastest aircraft ever produced, set its speed record on ONE engine and still managed to beat the previous record set a few weeks earlier by something like 110 mph.

Psykatrope

3y↑9

Yeah, at cruising altitude, it was almost more glider than jet plane.

Arnold Litke

2y↑2

The SR-71 Black Bird is still my favorite one, when it's grounded it drips out fuel even though theres no leaks or cracks or holes in it!!! Yet when in full flight it dosen't leak at all, it could be that the gravity of it while in flight holds the fuel in better. I just love it's design it looks so cool, and so powerfull!!!! What a flying beast!!!! Awsome!!!😜😜😜😳😎😎😎👍👍

Erik Stinson

2y↑29

@Arnold Litke The plane gets hot and expands, filling the gaps.

The Slick

2y↑11

@Arnold Litke bruh what the hell are you saying

Kenny's Elvis Channel

2y↑9

It's true top speed is still classified

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SQ4ME2

4y↑249

3:39 it wasn't decommissioned in 1966. It was introduced in 1966 and retired in 1998 by USAF and 1999 by NASA. It was flown for 53,490 total flight hours and could fly over mach 3 for hours at a time with no trouble at all.

DTR

2y↑6

thank you!

KDP

2y↑13

I thought 1966 seemed wrong. Thanks for clarifying.

john smith

Stuart Murphy So how fast estimate?

UiogD UiogD

1y↑3

@john smith top speed is classified, but it’s faster than what is shown in this video.

Merlin Broaddus

1y↑1

Thank you for setting them straight. That's what I came to do, but you beat me!!

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Jim Finlaw

4y↑57

Actually USAF Captain Milbourn Apt flew the Bell X-2 to a top speed of Mach 3.2 and this was actually the first manned aircraft to ever exceed Mach 3. Sadly, within a few seconds of reaching this remarkable achievement, the X-2 aircraft started a slow roll that quickly went into an oscillating spin, where the G forces pinned Captain Apt in the seat and he never recovered. Both he and the X-2 were lost.

Doug Ball

2y↑2

It would be nice if they used a picture of the X-2 instead of an X-1 variant.

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koldaussie

3y↑60

It is amazing how often we keep forgetting that we have limits on speed, not due to engines of the aircraft, but the materials made in building them and the craft around them because of friction from the atmosphere. The Foxbat and the F111 have always been two of my favourites. I used to live near an air force base that housed a couple of squadrons in Australia. Just loved watching them fly and they'd fly so low over our farm, that you could wave to the pilots, and I did get quite a few waves back when they flew that low. It was more amazing watching them turn the afterburners on at dusk. Seeing that massive trail of fire was like watching a jet turn into a rocket! Thirty years on, I still feel like the teenager I was when I watched them in the sky, gives me a big arsed smile on my face.

getstuk

3y↑3

Reading this made me smile. Cheers from California

Felix Steiner

3y↑2

If MiG-25 ain’t using stainless steel, it probably go to 3,7 Mach max (maybe 3,5+)

Salad in the dark

3y↑1

Soviet planes in Australia? How did that happen.

Fighter_pilot_16

3y↑2

@Salad in the dark he meant the ‘varks

DE J

2y↑1

@Felix Steiner the engines used wouldn't be able to stand the accelleration needed for the length of time, the plane wouldn't be able to carry the needed fuel, nor are they able to work in the altitude required for such speeds

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KylewTyphewn

4y↑27

The SR71 wasn't put out of service until 1998, nearly 20 years later than this video claims. Additionally, its primary role was reconnaissance, not to outrun other planes. It traveled so fast, other planes and even hostile air defense would likely not even know it was there.

IVAN IVONOVICH

2y↑2

Oh they knew it was there... But by the time that they could react, it was already gone!

Foxtrap

They knew it was there. Can’t outrun radar.

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Kelly Martin

1y↑3

If you are talking about ground track speed, the NASA Space Shuttle performed atmospheric re-entry at a ground track speed equivalent to Mach 22. It only dropped below Mach 2 10 miles out from its 3 mile long landing strip.

shadowgunner69

4y↑10

Fastest single engine jet was the F-106. Record set Dec 15 1959 @1525.95mph at 40,000 feet (M2.34), it still holds the record.

Tom Kasprzak

How exactly does the F-106 surpass the SR which flies 2400 mph at 85000 feet? Single engine I understand but the numbers are from an air breathing jet. Single or dual engine doesn't matter if you're promoting the fastest jet. The SR has and had no equal. End of story.

phoenix rising

2y↑7

@Tom Kasprzak Because the SR-71 was twin engine jet, and If you actually read the comment, he said single engine...

Raquel Foster

4y↑19

The XB-70 could cruise at Mach 3.1, and it got up to Mach 3.2 briefly. The SR-71 could cruise at Mach 3.2, and it got to Mach 3.5 in a dive. These are the only jets that legitimately operated above Mach 3. The MiG-25 can only really go Mach 2.8. The one that went Mach 3.2 literally melted the engines.

The YF-12 is just a slightly shorter single-seat SR-71 variant with missiles. If we're talking about SR-71 variants you need to include the A-12 and M-21, too, but that's silly.

This is a pretty bad video, but it's cool that it's actually mostly accurate. Although it's pointless to include anything rocket-powered because then why aren't you including everything NASA ever built? The Saturn V got up to Mach 8 with the first stage, and Mach 20 with the second stage. :)

Let's Go Brandon

2y↑2

No one ever said the vid commentator was smart......or accurate or eloquent.

JSG0212 8U8U

@Let's Go Brandon Awesome 😆

Doug Ball

Some of the gross weights are hilarious. I did performance analysis on the F-111 as young punk engineer at General Dynamics in the mid '70s. The gross weight was well in excess of 50,000 pounds!

Raquel Foster

@Tyson Atkins I assume you’re being hilarious on purpose. I mean, you must understand that heat shields are a thing, and the NASA’s X-15 has gone much faster than than any jet, and the greatest limiting factor in supersonic flight is the exponentially-increasing heat caused by air friction. And if you go straight up like a rocket the air gets thinner very quickly and it’s easy to go much faster — the obvious limitation being that air-breathing engines don’t work when there’s no more air. But I love a good moon landing conspiracy.

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Dana terlecky

4y↑43

My father worked on the design of some of the avionics of the B 70. The only thing he could tell my mother and I, a child of course, was that it was an aircraft that when it flew from LA to NY it had to slow down at Chicago. I was an Mechanic on F 15s for 5 years. Great aircraft! Thanks

Chuck Bowen

4y↑1

In the 1970,s i arrended a dinner party at Peterson field colorado. Lots of airforce people there i sat next to a crew chief who worked on the B58. He said he saw a plane come in one day that had nearly melted. Its true speed was higher than advertised. I would not be surpried if that was true for Sr71 as well.

oxcarthabu

You might be thinking of the SR71traveling cross country.

Dana terlecky

@oxcarthabu
No sorry this was before the sr. As it was a way to tell his kid and wife as much as he could, but yes I have heard of the SR described this way. Thanks, I like the discussion.

Dana terlecky

4y↑2

@Chuck Bowen
I had worked on a lot of different aircraft before the 15, but the 58 was before my time. I had a former crew chief on the SR work for me and I worked for one from the 58. You are correct that they were both bats out of hell. They leaked a lot of fuel until they warmed up from the speed and the joints closed up. They could not be touched for quite a while after landing due to heat. Thanks for reading my replay.

Dan f16 dcc

I was on f16, when and where youve been stationed

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Bruce Meinsen

1y↑3

The A-12, YF-12, and SR-71 were speed limited by the turbine inlet temperature of 427 degrees Centigrade. You could go as fast as that temp would allow. Pilot Brian Shul went Mach 3.5. Some of the materials the plane was made of would start disintegrating at about Mach 3.8, but as far as I know, nothing ever faster than 3.5.

Stixnfeet

The X-43 reached Mach 6.64

Stixnfeet

Correction, 9.64

crazycraft53

@Stixnfeet this is for manned aircraft

collectionneur111

4y↑7

European Fast Aircraft : On July 13, 1973, the Dassault Mirage G8 02 piloted by Jean-Marie Saget established a new speed record for an airplane designed in Western Europe, reaching Mach 2.34 at 12,400 m, the airplane still accelerating with a of the two engines on reduced post-combustion, then it flies for 20 min at Mach 2.

mknewlan67

3y↑4

I saw a program about skunkworks and the SR71. It’s top speed has never been divulged and is estimated to be well above Mach 5. They had to use titanium because everything else melted or weakened severely at top speed. It holds numerous records. Absolutely stunning plane. It was so advanced for its time. One of my 3 favorite planes. 1. P-47, F-14, SR-71 all tied for 1st. Slightest of edges to the “Flying Battleship”.

DE J

who estimated it to be "well above mach 5"? remember, there's actual physical limitations present... there's a ridiculous difference between 1-200 knots higher speed than official, and more than 1.5times the speed of sound faster

Doug Ball

That is not true. Titanium won't hold up at those temps. For a 50% increase in Mach number, the temperature goes up 2.25 times. So if you thought Mach 3.2 was hot . . . .

DARTHMOBIUS

@Doug Ball it’s all about altitude, x-15 went Mach 6.7 because it was basically grazing Space…

Doug Ball

@DARTHMOBIUS You are correct about it grazing space, you are incorrect about the altitude mitigating the temperature. The formula is To = Ts(1+0.2M**2) Ts is the static temperature of the air. Since the air is not moving, the plane is moving relative to the air, the total temperature rises with the square of the Mach number. The static temperature drops until 36,089 ft, remains constant for awhile and then actually starts to warm up. Trust me on this one.

DARTHMOBIUS

@Doug Ball it’s a bit of an odd one, at forty thousand feet it was like average neg 56* deg when I travelled, so higher the altitude lower the temp, get to space and the average meantime temperatures average neg 145* deg and atmosphere is thinner…

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Movie Maker

4y↑5.1K

Forget about planes, rockets and missiles. Nothing goes faster than a two week vacation.

István Buruzs

4y↑111

Movie Maker diarrhea is the fastest. You just think about it and sh*t is already in your trousers...

Edson Bean

4y↑18

You are right like that comment brother

James Anthony

4y↑9

LOL.

Vertie

4y↑9

Mach 10

SoManyInterests

4y↑8

What about a 2 month lockdown ?

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Pete H

4y↑46

The SR-71 and YF-12 were the only mach 3+ aircraft that could sustain that speed. All others could zoom to mach 3 but could not maintain that speed for very long.

RuBiiX 288

4y↑10

I think the XB-70 could sustain Mach 3 for a while

Stone Cutter

4y↑7

@RuBiiX 288 The XB-70 was designed for sustained Mach 3 + speed using Compression Lift. The outer wings folded down in flight to get this speed. However the heat generated from this the skin of the plane could not handle.
The SR-71 had a public published speed in excess of Mach 3.5. That's all that was said, Excess of Mach 3.5

Maples01

4y↑8

@Stone Cutter One SR71 pilot I heard talking about his experience, he was over the middle east taking surveillance photos, rockets were fired at them, he had to wait until his partner finished getting photos before firing the afterburner, he held it wide open so long, all he recalls was his partner, white as a sheet telling him he could slow down now, he did not tell what speed he had reached either.

BJ Culpepper

@Stone Cutter this is inaccurate but I believe it's because of a misinterpretation. The xb70 could sustain Mach 3 easily and it did and there wasn't a problem with the skin. There was a problem with the paint because it would tear off the paint. But it was only aesthetics. Secondly the SR-71 never went 3.5.

Clayton Berg

2y↑3

@BJ Culpepper Google 'sr-71+libya'. Major Brian Shul has an article about the mission in 1986 where he photographed the proof of an american airstrike on terrorist camps. With mach 5 SA-2 and SA-4 SAMs being fired at him he had the aircraft at over Mach 3.5.

The SR-71 is rated for Mach 3.2 in nearly any condition but with perfect conditions (which he claims were present) it will exceed Mach 3.5. The engines will push the plane well past 3.5 but heat created from the air rushing past the plane will incinerate it.

I'd link the article but youtube doesn't let you post links. It's like the second thing that comes up when you google, sr-71+libya. If you haven't do your self the favor of reading it, that cat is a fantastic writer. He tells a funny story about asking for an airspeed check from ATC, and brilliantly describes the view from the flight deck at 84k feet.

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TheDustysix

4y↑7

The McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom set a record of Mach 2.62/1606 mph with water injection.

Meezala Mazala

4y↑20

It's actually said that the Foxhound could push to just over Mach 3 at higher altitudes, and this was attempted when chasing the SR-71 over Russian occupied airspace. It couldn't catch up though, and it was an unsustainable speed that would have caused major engine damage over time.

KAVX

could the foxhounds actually reach the altitude of the SR-71 in the first place. Also ground-launched, anti-aircraft rockets couldn't reach the altitude and still have the fuel to reach the SR-71.

LovelyBaguette

2y↑8

@KAVX foxbat keeps the altitude record over 100000ft actually (37650m, 123500ft lmao)

Sreejith Pillai

2y↑2

@KAVX the mig 31 is both air and ground attack plane. It can reach mach 3 like its older brother mig 25 but it cant go hours like the sr71
plus the missiles werent good enough at that time to take down the sr71
thats why the sr71 is still known as the plane which is invulnerable and can outrun and outclimb any threat!

Brett Wilke

@LovelyBaguette zoom climb doesn't count

Jorge Picabea

2y↑1

...if you go by what Ben Rich said, the 71 NEVER entered Soviet airspace...

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Kenneth Jones

3y↑14

I just loved that the Mig has the "unique" ability to teach super sonic speeds at both high and low altitudes. I guess I was dreaming when I saw a flight of F-14s break the sound barrier at about 100 ft over the ocean. Or those F-18s that did the same thing right behind them. Perhaps the entire time I was in the Corps was a dream........

Doug LeMay

3y↑2

While speaking about one Russian plane, she mentioned Russian superiority. They used English to make propaganda.

Tech10K!

But Kenneth Jones, that young guy with the weird haircut on TikTok who always points above his head as he speaks told them these facts, so I think you might be in error ;-D

Barney Linet

3y↑15

the MIG 25 interceptor was developed in response to the XB-70. It was a brute force design that was basically unsuited for anything else.....about 400 or more were constructed.
The XB-70 program was discontinued because of the huge costs, and the realization that it would quickly become vulnerable to new developments.
ICBMs were a much more cost effective solution.

Hristo Stefanov

About 1200 were constructed and were sold to countries around the world. It set 29 world records and is the fastest know fighter jet to this day and still keeps the record for a flight at the highest altitude.

It was build to counter the XB-70 and that was his only purpose. Although later modifications saw some moderate battle achievements.

Barney Linet

@Hristo Stefanov Thank you for your informative reply.

Lensflair

4y↑13

I love how Concorde - a luxury commercial airliner, capable of carrying over 120 champagne-sipping businessfolks from Heathrow to JFK in under 3 hours at over Mach 2.0 - only just missed the cut...

Michael Cobb

1y↑1

On Okinawa, between 1967 & 1970, SR71 crews wore an arm patch that said 3+. It was taken to mean not Mach 3, but 3000 mph+. They also had no American insignia, only red numbers and had F101 Voodoo chase planes..

Lee W

2y↑6

Can we get a round of applause for the X-15 pilots, for the miracle of finding space for their planet sized balls on board 👏

armadillotoe

3y↑1

The SR 71 was not decommissioned in 1966. I flew a coordinated mission with, not in one in the 70s. The AF retired the SR-71 in 1988 then brought it back in the 1990s. The AF retired it for the 2nd time in 1998, and NASA retired their SR-71s in 1999.

MaverickLSC

4y↑13

If one studies the concept of 'Mach Angle', then the aerodynamics of the SR-71 has a Mach Angle that allows it to be capable of Mach 5+. Correct, the true top speed of the SR-71 blackbird is indeed classified with great reason. When the aircraft was still classified as top secret, many of the Soviet SAM missiles were designed to be only have a max speed of Mach 4. The russian missile designers were unsure of the capabilities of the American spy plane and based their missile designs based on weapon tests on unmanned Mig-25 and Mig-31 drones. As well, the Pratt & Whitney J58's are based on unique Turbo ramjet technologies which ramjets are only effective on Mach 3.5 and above. Ideally Mach 5 for max efficiency.

protege1717

2y↑1

really crazy to think the only reason the SR-71 doesnt have a higher public top speed is because of materials

bluragclk

@MavericLSC little known fact but you are absolutely correct about the classified Top Speed ! still to this day its under wraps .

Ro Ville

1y↑4

The SR71 could maintain that speed all day if it weren't for having to slow down to refuel every 90 mins. Still the best.

Perry

4y↑16

Remember that the speed of sound goes down as you go up in altitude. It is actually a function of the air temperature. So Mach 1 at sea level is a lot faster than Mach one at 100,000 ft. What would really help is the ground speed of each aircraft.

InGen

4y↑4

Why would you measure an aircraft with speed on the ground? You’re not going to drive a fucking 737 on the highway. Airspeed is perfectly fine, thanks

Scott Satterthwaite

4y↑8

Mach is calculated using the speed of sound at one atmosphere.

David King

1y↑1

@InGen There is no need for such a high-handed and arrogant attitude. Planes generally need to get to somewhere else on the globe, in which case ground-speed matters very much. Were it the case that the speed of sound dropped to 100mph at 30,000 feet, then getting on a subsonic 747 to the other side of the world would be a very different proposition to what it is now.

Fred Fuchs

44w

@InGen Maybe because that's the speed that matter when you go from point A to point B? You know... to calculate how long it will take, when you arrive and so on lmfao.

Chris Long

4y↑4

That Aardvark is/was a badass jet! Terrain following radar on that thing is epic! Nobody can fly that fast that close to the ground...

BLUE MACAW 1

3y↑4

SR 71 was the king of the Sky's back in it's time and helped so much with the war during it's operation. Sadly the black bird was just not reliable enough to be in operation for the long haul as it was not a cheap unit to run all the time like other fighter jets. But as it was in service it was a dream and smashed so much records for being a aircraft that was way ahead of it's time and was the most important thing of history.

Sadly all good things come to a end... unfortunately the blackbird was very shortly lived but still she did what she was made to do... ....be the absolute best in aircraft technology that the world has ever seen.

Today we have a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird in our aircraft museum right at the entrance of the driveway of California's Castle Air museum in Merced California

Sreejith Pillai

Very Very true

KangoV

3y↑7

Concorde G-AXDN attained the highest recorded speed of Mach 2.23 (1,711 mph) on 26 March 1974, at an altitude of 63,700 ft. Not bad for an airliner.

Patrick Orjaliza

2y↑1

That's not the fastest plane it's was x15

The Slick

2y↑3

@Patrick Orjaliza can you read

Tim Stappler

1y↑2

Per the site, according to Charlie Brown, who was part of the F-14 design team and a Northrop Grumman test pilot, “the Navy specs called for a top speed of Mach 2.34, but the Tomcat was tested for Mach 2.5.”

Montrose

2y↑4

F-14 Tomcat also goes Mach 2.35 and goes from 0.8 to 1.8 in 90 seconds.

Arrow206 Project206

4y↑5

In 1959 and years before these aircraft came into service, Canada was about to test it's newest All Weather Fighter/Interceptor the Avro Arrow RL25206 to RL25210, with the Orenda PS13s Iroquois engines, doubling the power output of the J75. Had, they been tested as was planned, she was to have reached speeds of Mach 2 to 3 plus back in 1959. In 1958, the A.V.Roe Canada, Avro Arrow RL25201 to RL25205 reached speed of Mach 1.93 and was cut back for reasons still not understood. The Avro Arrow RL25201 to RL25205 were test flying with the less powerful Pratt & Whitney J75 Engines of that time. Even with the less superior engines, these 5 aircraft were able to reach an altitude of 53,000 feet. Putting her close to the U2 spy plane levels of flight. In 1959, the Avro Arrow Program was cancelled putting a lot of people out of work and who headed to NASA, Concorde , Northrup Grumman and Lockheed Skunks works that put the SR71-A Blackbird into the air. The rumor was the guys who built the Avro Arrow put a little Avro Arrow into the Blackbird with a the Canopy looking pretty darn close to the Avro Arrow. As a note, had Avro Arrow RL25206 to RL25210 gotten into the air, the ceiling was to be at 73,000 feet and that was a direct conflict with the USAF and anything the world could have put out. Had the other Avro Arrow gone into service, RL25211 up to RL25237 , each of those to a certain number would have become the New Gen Aircraft with more powerful engines. Today Canada is fighting to begin a New Gen 6 Avro Arrow, this Arrow would have The Best of everything, including vectoring and other modern Fighter/Interceptor gains of today. Placing a direct threat to any nation. Just like it could have done back in 1958, had it survived.

Wade French

4y↑1

The reasons are quite clear why it was cut...just do some research and forget all the Canadian patriotism-based propaganda.

Jon Alarcon

Stephen D James yes you are correct and it was supposedly faster then the SR71 but they shelved it or were forced to by the US government. Funny how shit works out huh

Arrow206 Project206

4y↑1

@Jon Alarcon The SR came out what. 8 years after the Arrow ended. What we read and what might have been can be 2 very different things. I saw the SR back when i was a kid, and man that is one very cool aircraft. Still it to this day.. Thanks for he reply Jon, Merry Christmas

Arrow206 Project206

@Wade French I don't need to do that, anyone who knows of the program and the lack of balls from our government is a sure sign, plus the cancellation by the RAF, set it all in motion .. Merry Christmas an thanks for the reply..

Wade French

@Jon Alarcon It was no where near as fast as the Sr-71. More Canadian bullshit. This plane has become more legend and myth than anything.

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david white

4y↑23

The F-111 could also go supersonic at both low and high altitudes

Garret141076

4y↑6

Mach is airspeed. Speed of sound is not a constant but is variable. It decreases on higher altitude because of temperature. Mach 1 is 1235km/h at 20C at sea level. At 30.000ft, Mach 1 is 1091km/h.
Aircraft Mach speed is mostly measured at higher altitudes. In summary, Mach 2 is around 2200km/h

Olueni onLoppu

partly right, but when i remember right, speed of sound is mostly related to density/material, not temperature.

Yor Le

@Olueni onLoppu yes, but temprature also affects density of air, the colder the air the denser the air. The higher you go, the colder the air

Matt Franks

@Yor Le Also the higher you go the less air there is meaning less friction on the aircraft.

Sr Vato

3y↑2

When we talk about faster speed there are many considerations that are not considered in this case. For example when they operated the Fox bat beyond mock 2.5 it became uncontrollable and the engines exploded. The fastest speed that could operate at and remain controllable was about 2.5. Also the numbers given from the from the American aircraft are based on the unclassified numbers. All of those aircraft are capable of much higher mack numbers. There are also a lot of aircraft that were not included in this analysis including the 104 which was capable of very high mack numbers. Of course the biggest issue is the fact that that the mack number is often it's often not the primary consideration for capability. Study state block numbers and altitude are also likely important. Most of the Soviet aircraft are not able to operate with an afterburner they're burner for more than a few minutes. The engines fall apart if they do. The United States is interested in capability bility far more than some unimportant unimportant number that that has nothing to do with capability.

The Meta Terrestrials

What are you trying to justify

justafanintexas

4y↑46

The X-15 was classified as a rocket and SR-71 had speeds logged much faster than shown here.

Christopher McDonald

4y↑3

Much much faster than what she said.

justafanintexas

4y↑2

@Christopher McDonald - A lot faster.

Om Babsail

4y↑5

the X-15 is no rocket, the X-15 has a rocket engine thats true, but its an AIRcraft because it RIDES THE AIR and has WINGS to do that, so it is an aircraft, it could be a rocket if they added rocket steering to steer in space, but it doesnt have that and instead has wings and control surfaces so its an AIRcraft

justafanintexas

4y↑1

@Om Babsail - Well then, everything I was taught at Annapolis is wrong because you say so? You need to study the nomenclature of things before commenting. You clearly haven't here. We're done here.

Om Babsail

4y↑2

@justafanintexas i got my information from the wiki and also from a few books i have, all saying the exact same thing, that the X-15 is an aircraft, plus an aircraft is something that rides the air to fly, the x-15 does that so it is classified as an aircraft bc it only rides the air

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Jim B

3y↑2

Also I believe the XB70 Valkerie was a bit closer in speed to the SR71 than depicted here.

D. League

4y↑68

The top speed of the SR-71 is still classified, but the Navy scuttlebutt was greater than 3000 mph and over Mach 4.0.

pg1171

4y↑11

Yes, I read a story where the pilot admitted that during a flight over Libya in the 1980's, the plane exceeded Mach 3.5, but didn't give the real maximum speed. It's very possible that it could have exceeded Mach 4.0.

Eric

4y↑7

Everything about the SR-71 has been declassified. Don't get me wrong, a fantastic aircraft, but its real performance has been exaggerated over the decades. And it never flew over Russia.

Weasle

4y↑11

@Eric Top speed is classified lol. It's stealth tech is classified, titanium body is classified. Complete engine technical doc is classified.

Gopher Baroque

4y↑13

@Eric If you're trying to sound intelligent, you're failing miserably. There are plenty of things about the SR-71 that are still classified to this day. Especially it's top speed.

Eric

@Gopher Baroque It certainly wasn't a mach 4 aircraft- that I do know. There is a post down below that accurately explains why.

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KaDuWin

You forgot the F14 (pretty sure one version of the F14 was faster than the F111, it was only approx 150mph slower than the fastest F15) and the Aurora Spyplane should also be on that list (even though its never been officially recognized to exist). Plus there were other versions of the SR71/YF12 which were faster. The official fastest speeds of the aircraft still remain classified, so its safe to assume that the publicized speeds were eclipsed by a good margin.

PHILIP REEDER

4y↑34

Jeff Childs

4y↑3

Ignore Hubbard. At a minimum he is a troll. At worst he is attempting to gather valid information from people who may actually know the true numbers.

Wade French

4y↑1

What you are saying is false. After the U2 was shot down the US made a pact with Russia that they would not fly over Soviet airspace. The Sr-71 flew only over international waters, but had side-looking cameras that from 85,000 ft. Could see Moscow. They NEVER flew "deep" into Russia as you claim.

PHILIP REEDER

4y↑1

@Wade French
Your reading comprehension is very low.

AURktman

4y↑3

The SR-71 was not physically capable of more than Mach 3.3 sustained in flight. Exceeding that would cause an “unstart” condition in the engine because the shock wave at inlet had moved in the wrong direction. Some may have exceeded the 3.3 slightly, but it wasn’t for long and it was very dangerous to the aircraft. An unstart would yaw the aircraft and could render it out of control and lead to a breakup.

Satch Persaud

4y↑3

Wow I didn't know the sr71 didn't fly over Soviet airspace, I always thought it did but couldn't be caught, and it was almost locked on by a mig, until a mig pilot defected to Japan and we found out that we over estimated the migs capabilities, but thanks for clearing that up for me..

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Opt

3y↑1

The SR71's main objective was not to outrun threats, it was reconnaissance.

Psykatrope

3y↑1

Right. Outrunning threats was the main defense by which to achieve the objective.

Spatha

The hard part about commenting on the Blackbirds retirement is it retired from service to only be continually flow by NASA after her military retirement. I would also wager it has never flown top speed as one report I've read said they where going well past her advertised speed had plenty of throttle left but the aircraft was shaking so bad they didn't want to give it any more. The vibrations where reportedly similar to when planes first approached the speed of sound without the understanding we have today. Like when planes good go into a dive and they began to employ dive brakes because the control services would lock up as well as shaking.

BWNSPTV

2y↑4

The F one eleven affectionately known as the pig here in Australia was routinely flown at speeds in excess of Mark 2.5 it did not have limiters on the engines the only thing that stopped the pilots from going faster was temperature sensors on the skin of the aircraft and the maintain is back at base getting pissed off from having to repaint has it routinely return to base is large sections of its paintwork burnt off and it served in the Royal Australian Air Force for over 40 years it wasn't something that was just occasionally clone at high speed done routinely week after week month after month I am it did it on internal fuel with a maximum ferry range of over 4000 miles

bbthing68

4y↑113

The X-15 has to be launched from a B-52. The SR-71 took off from the ground under its own power and could cruise farther than the X-15.

Steven Georges

4y↑24

The X-15 was also a short duration rocket with wings, not really an aircraft. The SR-71 was capable of taking off, landing and, with air refueling, very long flights.

bbthing68

4y↑6

In 1980 he co-wrote his autobiography, MiG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lieutenant Belenko, where he states that MiG-25 pilots were forbidden to exceed Mach 2.5, and he maintained that the Foxbat could not safely exceed 2.8. When told that MiG-25s flew at Mach 3.2 in the skies over Israel, he said that the engines had been completely destroyed by these speeds, and that the pilots had been lucky to live through the experience.

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/foxbat-vs-blackbird-mig-25-never-posed-credible-threat-sr-71-mach-3-spy-plane/

McRocket

4y↑4

@Steven Georges I am sure the X-15 could have been modified so that it could take off and land. It was definitely an aircraft.

Devanarayanan

4y↑1

bbthing68 no it didn’t cruise further than x-15

John Möller

4y↑1

@bbthing68 Respect homie for actually posting the source site.

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Boofer

4y↑288

The X-15 was a rocket not a plane, the SR-71 is the faster PLANE to ever fly to this day

rockzs74r

4y↑51

A12 is actually faster. But all of its flight are classified. So its record are unofficial

Franck Larsen

4y↑23

@Andrew Dreyer: The X15 was a rocket powered plane/aircraft. And the video-title was fastest aircraft.
But it is not a jet-plane. That you are right about. ;)

Richard Johnson

4y↑17

X15 is absolutely an airplane.

Boofer

4y↑11

Richard Johnson it’s a Rocket bud, it was dropped from a plane meaning it couldn’t takeoff

RPSteam

4y↑40

To those “plane experts” — def. of airplane: “a powered flying vehicle with fixed wings and a weight greater than that of the air it displaces.” Nothing about takeoff or power plant. Let’s get more informed before posting, folks.

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Just Check

4y↑1

The Sukhoi 27 went into service in 1984 with top speed of mach 2.3, by comparison the English Electric Lightening went into service in 1958 with a top speed of Mach 2.1. Not a great improvement for 26 years development! Concorde - a civilian airliner - had top speed of mach 2.04. Maiden flight 1969 in service 1976. So what is the point?

Sinvare

3y↑92

"The SR-71 was decommissioned in 1976."

Try 1998 for US Airforce, 1999 for NASA. First flights were 1964 and they were introduced in 1966, so I have no idea where you get 1976 for decommissioned.

Also all top speeds should be stated as top speed publicly known.

gfy everyone

3y↑2

Meh.
Its close enough

Kjbkjb kjbkjb

3y↑2

Settle down tough guy

Seal

3y↑8

@gfy everyone if 22 years is "close enough" Then ww2 fighter planes was close enough to compete with cold war jets

gfy everyone

3y↑1

@Seal correct.
Close enough

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George Kraus

Maximum speed of SR71 is still classified to this day. However, one should remember that air is denser in cold weather, therefore, none knows for sure if SR71 has flown over the arctic circle. If you look at tons of documents, books, etc. you never hear of SR71 flying over the arctic circle.

🔥kamado tanjiro🔥

2y↑1

The SR-71 wasn’t decommissioned in 1966. It was removed from USAF active status in 1990 and was reactivated briefly in the mid - 1990’s by NASA for flight envelope testing. Also, this is an awkward time in history to be mentioning “superior” Russian aircraft design.

Jabber 1974

4y↑3

The sr71 definitely didn’t retire in the 60s, I saw one at an air show in the UK in the late 80s. They operated out of RAF Mildenhall in the UK until 1990.

The Socially Awkward Falcon 🇺🇦

Yeah...the SR-71 was retired by the USAF in 1998 and by NASA the following year

madsteve9

4y↑2

PS. The TR3B, is supposedly capable of 88% Light Speed, before, the effects of the Gravity disruptor is taken into account.

Rick J

4y↑1

I'm pretty sure the X-15 top speed wasn't 8273 kmh which is around 5170 mph. 4520 mph or 7274 kmh is more likely. Pretty impressive for 60 years ago tech. That is a mile and a quarter per second.

William Hogben

The SR-71’s top speed is classified however it has been recorded upwards of Mach 6, not 3.35 as it is capable of outrunning a SAM Missile, at around mach 5

The Socially Awkward Falcon 🇺🇦

Pretty sure the highest recorded speed I saw for it was Mach 3.5, obtained when a pilot was outflying a missile over Libya

Avro Arrow

4y↑1

The MiG-31 Foxhound is capable of Mach 3.25 for about ten to fifteen minutes.

DeviledCake

3y↑1

The lockheed archangel was slightly faster than the blackbird by only by a little. It also looks almost identical.

Phrancis5

4y↑48

The Mig25 was built in response to the XB-70, which didn't go into production. The mig wrecked it's engines every time it went mach 3.

Damian Ketcham

4y↑4

Phrancis5
You definitely know more about aircraft than the producers of this video.

MacGyver at large

4y↑6

Check out the story of the Russian pilot Belenko.

Damian Ketcham

4y↑5

MacGyver at large
Was that the pilot that defected to Japan?

MacGyver at large

4y↑8

@Damian Ketcham yes, he was.
Actually, I think the defection choice was by default, it was the only place in the range of his aircraft.
I read his book, and he had went into great detail of its workings.
He also went into great detail of a great many other things behind the Iron Curtain, but that is another story.

STEM

4y↑9

"The mig wrecked it's engines every time it went mach 3" - it is not true. the only problem was that when you go through the thermal barrier (mach 3) the sealant melted on the canopy, for this reason, pilots were forbidden to fly at speeds above 3,000 km/h.

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The Gospel Quartet Paradise

4y↑1

An aircraft is something that can take off and land under it's own power. The X-15 had to be hoisted to altitude under a B-52. And don't ever think that the SR-71 could only do a bit over mach 3. Anyone in the know of military or secret aircraft knows the government will never tell you the top scale of anything. Anything they release is probably grossly understated.

riccardo torri

4y↑1

nobody beats the valkyrie. most fascinating aircraft ever.

Barry Golden

2y↑1

You should look up Brian Shul on here. He was an SR-71 pilot with an amazing story!

American ThunderGod

4y↑1

Two corrections. The F-22 is faster than the F-15 AND the United States Air Force used the SR-71 into the early 90s. The YF-12 were prototypes of the SR-71 designed to be a fighter. However due to fear that the aircraft would outrun its own munitions (air to air missiles) they decided to use it as a recon air craft operated by the Air Force and the CIA the MiG-25 was the Soviet answer to intercept the Blackbird which was a failure and the US Response to the MiG was the F-15 Eagle.

Archy11102

2y↑34

MIG25 could not go Mach 3.2, it was mainly able to do Mach 2.8 with burst of speed up to Mach 3 but engines would take considerable damage. SR71 and A12 top speed was never revealed to public and that data is still classified due to nature of its missions.

Alexander Niemeyer

2y↑2

i just heard soviet superior aircraft technology and thought that thing was held together with the equivalent of spit and duct tape the russians rushed it out because they were terrified of the XB-70 at the time because they had nothing that could catch it

Curtis

2y↑4

Yeah, there are a few speeds on here that aren’t correct. MiG-31 could only normally do about 2.8, and going faster than that would require what I believe the Russians call “overturning” the engine, which would essentially slag the back half of the aircraft. Doing so would give it a top speed in the range of 3-3.1, not 3.2.

Jorge Picabea

2y↑2

@Alexander Niemeyer ha! "that thing" was welded steel... puzzled the west for a while...

Lexx Icon

2y↑1

The SR-71s top speed was limited to 3.5 Mach, because anything faster and it would flame out the engines. This was tested several times during top speed attempts.

Jay Miller

4y↑172

The SR 71 was not decommissioned in 1966. I know because I was active duty on a base that had them in 1995-1996.

bleedinggums roberts

4y↑2

And still in storage.

xRickyy X

4y↑3

I Bet you were bud

Amer Tawil

4y↑20

It was decommissioned in 1998

Andrew T.

4y↑14

@xRickyy X He didnt say he flew them. He said he was on a back the operated them. Huge difference. Lots of people work on airforce based.

𝕿𝖍𝖆𝖙𝕲𝖚𝖞𝕰𝖗𝖆𝖟𝖔

4y↑5

They were decommissioned in 1998, well past 66', lmao.

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Commander Dan

4y↑13

The SR-71 is still the fastest aircraft since the X-15 classifies as a rocket.

David Appleman

4y↑2

Anything that is designed to fly in the atmosphere is an "aircraft" Power source has nothing to do with it.

David Appleman

4y↑1

@matthew david jarvis May as well clarify, the SR-71 is the fastest, manned, air breathing aircraft. There have been unmanned ram jets and scram jets that have gone faster.

Commander Dan

@David Appleman such as the SR-72

hobanagerik

A-12 was faster.

Jason Webb

I'm really surprised that that the Raptor F22 wasn't on this list. I really thought it was faster then Mach 3. Hell it can break the sound barrier without even using the afterburners. I wished I would've been able to the blackbird in real life. One day I will have to make a trip to Washington DC.

Vitakinesis - Biokinesis W

2y↑4

It's never been easier to get from Falkland Islands to Tokyo so fast with the first plane, (theoretically)

pbasswil

4y↑1

Not many words about the X-15, considering it neatly doubles the speed of the next fastest plane!

Silver Shelby GT500

3y↑2

The YF-12 was actually a twin seat version of the A-12 operated by the cia. It was faster than the sr71 as stated by the pilots themselves.

Sreejith Pillai

the YF-12 was actually an Lockheed A12 Concept when on the drawing board it was actually designed to go speeds like Mach 3 but with special missiles for it but it quickly retired and the sr71 was the longest aircraft which came under Lockheed division for a reconnaissance plane

Zane Flory

4y↑39

The SR-71 was definitely NOT decommissioned in 1966. It was decommissioned in 1999.

Wag2112

4y↑1

ya Zane , I actually hit a dislike on this one for that reason too ! and to The Buzz - Do your Research Better . The people watching these types of videos will know a lot about these machines - that is why we check stuff out - for that one additional tid bit that someone maybe found that we can go - " OH NO SHIT !! I wonder where they found that " - and then disappear down a rabbit hole for 3 hours on a fun research quest.

SUM BEECH

Ya, I guess I did hear that rite, but dismissed it as bad hearing !!

Buddadocta

NASA decommissioned theres in 99' USAF decommissioned in 90'

Loulovesspeed

@Buddadocta Looks like that error in when it was decommissioned came from Wikipedia - Surprise! Not the most accurate source for detailed information.

Роман 1973

4y↑2

Очень наглядно и познавательно! Спасибо

acdii

4y↑6

The XB-70 speed is a little low. They really don't know how fast it actually could fly because at one point the paint melted off and they had to back it down. The SR-71 cruising speed is 2193 MPH, cruising, meaning most fuel efficient for furthest range, not top speed. Will we ever know the true top speed the SR-71 could achieve? I doubt it. Such an amazing aircraft, and to top it all off, designed using slide rules and notepads. Not a single computer was used. Yes kids, things CAN be created without a computer or calculator!

The Socially Awkward Falcon 🇺🇦

For that last thing, yes, we get it. Amazing things have been created without technology to help us out, and the SR-71 is no exception

Barney Linet

3y↑1

The X 15 was a manned hypersonic vehicle that was developed over 50 years ago.....It held the world record for manned winged aircraft until the Space Shuttle in the 1970s.

Duncan Richardson

You mean the Orbiter. The Space Shuttle comprised the Orbiter, the External Tank and two solid fueled Boosters

Charles Dean

4y↑17

There was an article I read in readers digest in the 70s at one point the SR71 reached Mach 4 for a few seconds, only to hold back because the canopy started to glow red and the pilot could hardly touch it even with thick gloves. Maybe NASA and the Pentagon are holding up some information and don't declare a specific speed, but instead says Mach 3++.

Jeff Childs

4y↑3

As I recall, anything above 3.2 is classified.

gpmurf

4y↑7

The theoretical maximum speed for the SR-71 is in the neighborhood of 4.5. As a point, anytime the Russians put up a highly specialized AC to break the record the US would routinely roll out an SR-71 and surpass it. We will likely never know the actual maximum speed for the SR.

Christopher Miller

I believe the airforce admits that it was capable of 3.5+ now.

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Free-bird Rocker

2y↑3

X-15 is the monster of all aircraft as far as propelled speed.

PsychoTrucker

4y↑1.5K

Fastest jets that the citizen's know about, the rest are classified.

Psykatrope

4y↑203

Pretty sure the Pentagon's "declassified UFO vids" are really just their own experimental craft, and they're letting everyone blame aliens just like they did in the late 1940s with their experimental jet fighters.

Dad

4y↑44

Dr. Steve / Psykatrope I feel like aliens do exist but they are all just microorganisms

Andrew T.

4y↑47

@Dad Why would we assume that the earth is the only planet with macro organisms? Yes, micro is likely much more common but macro can live in a lot of places.

Dad

4y↑8

Andrew T. Well then the life would have been as capable intellectually as us and would have already contacted us one way or another

George Soros

4y↑5

@Psykatrope I don't know shit about aircraft but those us aircrafts were perfectly tracking that "ufo" so if it's classified aircraft it can't be that good if it was detected so easily

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Werner Zikeli

Nice to see that the Russian Fighters (SU-27/Mig-31/Mig-25) are still in use and the American F-15 is the one and only of the list still flying today.

NotEvenDeathCanSaveYouFromMe

3y↑4

Nice to see F-15 on there, I played it for thousands of hours on DCS and even its predecessor Lock On and Flaming Cliffs.. Good times

sane

it’s crazy how blackbird was made 60 years ago and still the fastest plane in the world

Ben Nichols

No its logical. Satellites do the same job. Rockets are faster than planes. So its window is gone.

J. Lietka

4y↑1

i used to work on F-111 / FB-111, and i can tell you from a maintenance point of view, when, for about every 1 hour of actual flight (it got off ground) it took roughly 3 to 4 hours of maintaining. I am glad it got decommisioned and boneyarded!!

Jay Todd

4y↑1

Sounds like maintaining an NHRA drag car..I guess the flight uses it up..high wear and tear?

J. Lietka

4y↑1

Jay Todd the F-111 was a '60s bird, but the avionics were outdated. thanks

J. Lietka

a MSGT told me when they came new from the factory, they came broke. they were meant to take off from an aircraft carrier, as the Navy was the 1st folks to choose them, but they declined, so the A.F. got them...F-one E lemon

N75911

The Navy rejected the F-111 in favor of the F-14 Tom Cat. Granted, the F-111 and EF-111 were fantastic concepts.

Sam Nichols

2y↑1

If you actually worked on the FB-111a you would have be stationed at Pease or Plattsburgh. You also would have known the mission of that aircraft. well worth the 3 to 4 hours of maintenance. I'm not glad it was decommisioned, I'm glad it was there for the cold war. Maybe you should have joined the army instead of the Air Force.

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George Mallory

3y↑7

SR-71 was definitely not decommissioned in 1966. It happened in 1990 and last ones flew until around 1999.

Jon ferguson

Yes , I chuckled at that . In the late 1960's - thru early 1970's ....... I was working on them ! Beale AFB and Okinawa.

patrick kelly

4y↑7

The mig 25 engines couldn’t sustain top speeds for long without suffering damage. Unlike the engines of the SE71 which became more efficient the faster the plane flew.

Bartonovich52

4y↑1

All engines get more efficient the faster they go. It’s based on compression ratio. Shock waves compress the air more the faster you go.

The SR-71 engines were temperature limited too. By inlet air temperature. Any faster than Mach 3.3 and they’d start to melt, too. And the thermal damaged to SR-71s required 19 hours to maintain it per flight hour (total hours... multiply it by 8 or 10 for man-hours), so it’s not like it was the epitome of durability or reliability either.

In fact, even the Americans didn’t duplicate the J-58 for the next Mach 3 aircraft, the XB-70 and XF-108. Their engines had more in common with the Soviet engines than the J-58. They were meant for ease of maintenance and serial production... which the Mig-25–being in service for many years with many nations—had in spades over the SR-71. The only time it’s engines melted were when it exceeded limits.. but it was still able to escape its Israeli pursuers. I’d love to see the repair bill of the SR-71 that flew over Hanoi. And many of them simply crashed.

patrick kelly

Bartonovich52 what was the required maintenance time per flight hour of the mig 25? What was the required maintenance hours when the engines were flown at top speed?

patrick kelly

Bartonovich52 the mig25 that blew over Israel also blew out its engines. They had to be replaced.

patrick kelly

Bartonovich52 above 2000mph the engines began to become like runaway diesel motors and would start “eating” it’s own parts as they began to break off due to the compressed air
From the high speeds causing too much internal air pressure. This also then began to cause the fuel manifolds to break apart and dump even more fuel into the engine causing further damage.

patrick kelly

4y↑1

Bartonovich52 the 25 wasn’t a particularly good fighter because it was too big and heavy to dog fight. The pilots were told to limit speed to match 2.8. The sr71 could maintain its top speed all day. The dollar cost for it to do so is of no consequence since it was considered worth it for what it accomplished. Sometimes it costs a lot of money to be the king of the sky and it was.

How many mig25s crashed?

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Nighthawk Viper

4y↑1

Once you get past Blackstar's capability, you then enter a realm of things that do a different kind of "flight".

The Ghost

There is one problem with this list. No one is actually aware of the top speed of either the Archangel or the Blackbird, except possibly the pilots and those in the know. We do know the Archangel was faster than its replacement, but not by how much. It is a given though that they were much much faster than what has been released. X15 belongs there, but not too sure how big that gap really is.

Barney Linet

The X 15 record breaking Mach 6.7 run was terminated because the aircraft was on the verge of burning up. The pilot flew right to the point at which the aircraft was beginning to self-destruct.......I believe his name was Pete McKnight.

Doug Ball

2y↑1

Close, just Knight.

RJ

1y↑2

The shuttle is an aircraft; it reached more than Mach 14 on re-entry. So not only the fastest aircraft but also the fastest glider!

ScareCro

I've got some ocean front property for sale in Kansas if you believe that hunk of shit goes that fast. Oh, and it's not a glider, it's a jet.

Duncan Richardson

@ScareCro And the winged vehicle of the Space Shuttle was the Orbiter.

Trickskii

I know Concorde isn’t mentioned but it was fast for it’s time and carried passengers.

GUNHED 187

4y↑6

SR-71 was also redeployed during Dessert Storm. You should mention that.

Jeff Darnell

SR-71 is capable of Mach 3.6+. It gets it's best fuel mileage at Mach 3.2, or right around thereabouts.

cdc3

4y↑11

I was kinda surprised at the Mig 25 Foxbat being described as "superior" Soviet technology with a stainless steel (heavy and rusted anyway) skin. After the one which landed in Japan was taken apart and examined, it was determined that the max safe speed was about mach 2.7 and that at mach 3.2 the pilot would be a bit lucky in coming back down in one piece. As to tolerable g force, the plane could pull at least 2 g's before the wings folded, far less than what the pilot could handle. It was essentially a straight line interceptor aimed at the B1 bomber and that was about it.

"Superior" is hardly what I would think of a cockpit strapped to two immense jet engines of ancient tech armed with the means of bringing down a bomber that was obsolete before it ever really flew.

злой кот

4y↑4

The fastest serial combat aircraft are the MiG-25 and MiG-31! the rest of the shit just can't fight!
SR-71 is a scout, he never had a weapon on Board! and he never dared to fly into the territory of the USSR! The MiG-25 would have torn it up!

cdc3

4y↑1

@злой котWell, as one KOT to another, speed doesn't change the fact that the MiG-25 was deficient in too many other ares to be an effective combat plane. Before the US took one apart, it caused a lot of concern with its speed. But then we found out that if it tried to turn anywhere near that speed, it was likely to lose its wings from the G force. Not to mention it had a range of about 1,000 K. The MiG-25 was massive, ancient architecture that could go fast. The Soviet Union did produce some excellent platforms, but the MiG-25 just wasn't one of them.

Oh, and the cat in my user picture actually is my cat, the delight of my life now.

cdc3

4y↑5

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Von Rho

3y↑1

You mistook that the sound speed value for the maximum speed for these planes is considered at their ceiling (1078 m/s), where it is lower than at sea level (1225 m/s)

Orgeeba Harvin

4y↑21

The English Electric Lightning was a burner too, those double stacks were without equal!

KumaBean

4y↑12

I watched a video on that bird recently where a pilot said that the only reason the Lightning had wings was to keep the navigation lights apart, the thing was a rocket 👌 🍻

Orgeeba Harvin

4y↑5

@KumaBean yes sir! It was and still is one of THE most beautiful aircraft to have been built.

andy smith

4y↑3

Was just saying where's the our E E Lightning interceptor

Stixnfeet

The X-43A hit Mach 9.64 at 6,363 MPH

KLRGT500KR

4y↑3

Why would you ignore the F-14 Tomcat? It had an official top speed of Mach 2.4 (certified/tested at Mach 2.5@ 50,000 ft)?

Calli Arcale

4y↑1

The X-15 is the fastest powered aircraft. The fastest aircraft, period, is a glider: the Space Shuttle Orbiter. At atmosphere interface during reentry, it would be flying the equivalent of Mach 15.

Bob Thompson

The A-12 or what you are calling the yf-12 is actually faster than the SR-71 because its lighter than the SR-71. It had 1 pilot and didn't have the camera and surivalence equipment permanently attached so it was lighter and faster. And you forgot about the XB-70 valkyrie that was as fast as the SR-71. And it fits this top 10 description because the x-15 was experimental and never in service so the XB-70 is in the same category as that. Just an FYI. Cool video still. I'm in love with all if these aircraft. Also the MIG-31 should be in the list with a top speed of mach 3.2 if you want to over speed the engine and have to replace it. Without doing that the speed is mach 2.83. I wish I could have a MIG-31 or a F-111C or a refitted TU-160 blackjack. If it was made to where the bomb bay was a passenger compartment it could fit 20 or so people comfortably and it's also very fast with a top speed of mach 2.05 and a cruise speed of mach 0.9 600mph and a range of 7600 miles. It would be a good passenger aircraft. It's got 4 very powerful afterburning engines with 55,000 lbs of thrust each. It's got 4 if them for 240,000 lbs of afterburning thrust. And you can get it painted white to (I'm assuming) reflect the heat from atomic bomb explosions.

Anthony Alixandre

O North American x15 era um foguete e não um avião, o avião mais rápido da história é o Lockheed Sr71.

Muru Roa

"The Mig 25 has an operational top speed of Mach 2.83. Mach 3.2 is "possible" (without weapons or pylons) but at risk of significant damage to the engines."

Shai Hulud

I was just doing a bit maths for funzies...the X-15 clocks in at about 8273 km/h - that's about 2.3 km per second! This sounds hilariously fast! And than I thought about the speed of light (300 000 km per second). So we would have to be more than ten times as fast to reach laughable 0,01 % of the speed of light :(

AndrewdoesYT

3y↑4

I like how for the thumbnail they replaced the mig 31 with a SR71

outreach video

The baddest bomber the U.S. had, the Valkyrie (XB-70) flew at over two thousand miles per hour fully loaded. I think she is full of it myself.

D K

THE XB-70 did not have a bomb bay before it was cancelled. Technically it was not a bomber.

jroar123

You forgot one aircraft that went fast and hire then anything else. The Space Shuttle achieved speeds of 17,500 miles per hour. And, yes it flew that speed without the rocket boosters.

DE J

returning to earth UNPOWERED with the orbital speed generated by the SRBs, main engines and OMS.... that's really not "without rocket boosters"

O.C.G.M

Thank you so much Orville & Wilbur.
You are the definition of what a man can accomplish when he has American grit, determination and a dream.
#amancanthaveawifeandanairplane

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