The list of the most supersonic airplanes in the world, reaching several times the speed of sound, a barrier that once was a challenge to break but now almost every military aircraft can reach. This ...

You may be surprised to learn that work on the youngest aircraft in this list started in the 1980s, and that most were designed in the 1960s. One of the aircraft is rarely mentioned or ranked so ...

From the Me 262 to late-war Spitfires and Mustangs, this list ranks WWII’s quickest combat-ready aircraft by top speed and real-world impact—skipping pure prototypes and rocket interceptors—to ...

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 ...

Hermeus successfully flew its latest Quarterhorse aircraft, marking the company’s second first flight in less than a year.