Fuel-breathing legends and modern speed machines in one lineup. We focused on real-world fighters with published maximum ...

For a tiny group of pilots and collectors, the dream of flying at fighter-jet speeds without a military call sign is not fantasy but a line item in a very large budget. The fastest aircraft civilians ...

The rather short-lived Concorde has set the standard for speed when it comes to civilian aircraft. With a maximum cruise speed of Mach 2.04 (1,350 mph/2,179 kph) at an altitude of 60,000 feet (18,288 ...

Other than spacecraft, aircraft are the fastest vehicles, leaving cars and bikes for dust. We take a look at the ten fastest planes ever flown. Though some uncrewed aircraft (like the X-43) have flown ...

In 1954, Britain launched an ambitious program to build one of the fastest aircraft in the world. The project called for a revolutionary jet capable of maintaining speeds near Mach 2.75 for extended ...