The fastest flying machines ever invented are the results of man’s vision and creativeness. Flying machines invented by men are of two kinds; the first is aircraft and the second is spacecraft, the brief information about them is given here under:
10. Westland Lynx:
The Westland is the fastest helicopter in the world. Its speed is 249.1 mph (400.87 km/h) which is the world record. It has been holding the world record for more than 20 years and yet it is the world’s fastest helicopter. The Westland Lynx is a British helicopter designed and built by Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil. This flying machine chiefly serves in the battleground, search, rescue and anti-submarine warfare roles.
Features:
Length: 15.241 m (50 ft)
Rotor diameter: 12.80 m (42 ft)
Height: 3.785 m [mk9] (12.41 ft [mk9])
Maximum speed: 324 km/h (201 mph)
9. Cessna Citation X:
Cessna Citation X is the fastest passenger aircraft in the world. Its speed is 703 mph 0r 1131km/h. It is a long range medium business jet aircraft which is the fastest operative civilian jet in the world in the history. The Cessna Aircraft Company, Kansas, USA built this flying machine which is powered by two Rolls-Royce turbofan engines
Features:
Capacity: 8-12 passengers
Payload: 14,300 lb (6,486 kg)
Length: 72.3 ft (22.0 m)
Wingspan: 63.6 ft (19.4 m)
Height: 19.0 ft (5.8 m)
Maximum speed: Mach 0.92 (1002.8 km/h)
Cruise speed: Mach 0.90 (991.8 km/h)
Service ceiling: 51,000 ft (15,545 m)
Rate of Climb: 3,650 ft/min
8. SR-71 Blackbird:
SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest airplane and manned air-breathing craft in the world. Its speed is 3,530 km/h (2,194 mph). This is a wonderful flying machine named the Lockheed SR-71 is the fastest airplane in the world. It was unofficially named the “Blackbird,” and called the “Habu” by its crews, in reference to a snake. The SR-71 line was in service from 1964 to 1998, with 12 of the 32 aircraft being destroyed in accidents.
Features:
Length: 107 ft 5 in (32.74 m)
Wingspan: 55 ft 7 in (16.94 m)
Height: 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Crew: 2
Maximum speed: Mach 3.2+ (2,200+ mph, 3,530+ km/h 1900 knots+) at 80,000 ft (24,000 m)
Service ceiling: 85,000 ft (25,900 m)
Rate of climb: 11,810 ft/min (60 m/s)
7. MiG-25 Foxbat B:
MiG-25 Foxbat B is the Fastest Jetfighter in the World. This amazing flying machine named Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25, a Russian high-supersonic interceptor and reconnaissance/bomber aircraft having the speed of Mach 3.2. It has also powerful radar and four air-to-air missiles. The MiG-25 series had a production run of 1,190 aircraft.
Features
Length: 19.75 m (64 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 14.01 m (45 ft 11.5 in)
Height: 6.10 m (20 ft 0.25 in)
Maximum speed: Mach 3.2 (3,490 km/h, 2,170 mph)
Mach 2.83 (3,090 km/h, 1,920 mph) continuous engine limit
Range: 1,730 km (1,075 mi) with internal fuel
Service ceiling: 20,700 m (with 4 missiles) (67,915 ft)
Crew: One
6. North American X-15:
The North American X-15 is the fastest manned and rocket powered aircraft in the world having speed of 7,258 km/h (4,510 mph). The X-15 set speed and height records in the early 1960s, getting the border of outer space and returning with precious data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. This flying machine presently holds the world record for the fastest speed ever reached by a manned aircraft.
Features
Crew: one
Length: 50 ft 9 in (15.45 m)
Wingspan: 22 ft 4 in (6.8 m)
Height: 13 ft 6 in (4.12 m)
Wing area: 200 ft² (18.6 m²)
Maximum speed: Mach 6.70 (4,520 mph / 7,274 km/h)
Service ceiling: 67 mi (354,330 ft / 108 km)
Rate of Climb: 60,000 ft/min (18,288 m/min)
5. X-43:
The X-43 is the fastest unmanned aircraft having a speed of 12,144 km/h (7,546 mph mph) that occurred in November 16, 2004, it is the title holder of the world’s fastest unmanned aircraft. It is an unmanned untried hypersonic aircraft design with multiple planned scale variations meant to test different aspects of hypersonic flight. A winged booster rocket with the X-43 itself at the tip, called a “stack”, is launched from a carrier plane. After the booster rocket brings the stack to the target speed and height, it is redundant, and the X-43 flies free using its own engine, a scramjet.
4. Rocket Sled:
The Rocket sled is the fastest rocket sled machine in the World. This unmanned rocket made a world speed record of Mach 8.5 (6,416 mph / 10,325 km/h).This speed was achieved by a four-stage rocket sled at Holloman Air Force Base in 2003. A rocket sled is a test platform that slides along a set of rails, propelled by rockets. They were used extensively by the United States near the beginning in the Cold War to speed up equipment well thought-out too experimental (dangerous) for testing directly in piloted aircraft.
3. Apollo 10:
Apollo 10 is the fastest manned spacecraft in the world. Its speed is 39,896 km/h (24,790 mph). This flying machine was the 4th manned mission in the Apollo program. In accordance with the 2001 Guinness World Records Apollo 10 made the record for the highest speed during the return from the Moon on May 26, 1969.
2. Stardust:
The Stardust is the fastest reentering spacecraft in the world. This machine has achieved a top speed of 46,440 km/h (28,856 mph) on its return to earth in 2006. This flying machine called Stardust is an American interplanetary mission of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, whose main goal was to explore the structure of the comet Wild 2 and its coma. It was launched in 1999 and travelled about 3 billion miles (5•109 km), and returned to Land on January 15, 2006 to release a sample material capsule. It is the first sample return mission to accumulate space dust and return the sample to Land.
1. Helios:
Helios the spectacular flying machine is the fastest unmanned spacecraft in the world having a top speed of 252,792 km/h (157,078 mph). The Helios deep space probes were launched in the mid 1970s by Germany. There were two in the series, Helios I and Helios II. They were launched into heliocentric orbit to study solar processes. They as well made the record for the closest move toward the sun, maximum 45 million kilometers, slightly inside the orbit of Mercury. The Helios space probes completed their main missions by the early 1980s, but they continued to send data up to 1985. Currently, these probes are not further serviceable, but they still remain in their elliptical orbit around the Sun.
