The following is a list of speed records for various categories of vehicles.
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Land vehicles
| Category | Speed | Vehicle | Operator | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land speed record | 1,228 km/h (763 mph) | ThrustSSC |  Andy Green |
October 15, 1997 |
| Wheel-driven land speed record | 737.794 km/h (458.444 mph) | Vesco Turbinator |  Don Vesco |
October 18, 2001 |
| Motorcycle land speed record | 591.244 km/h (367.382 mph) | BUB - Lucky 7 streamliner | Chris Carr |
September 24, 2009 |
| Diesel-powered speed record | 563.995 km/h (350.452 mph)[1] | JCB DieselMax | Andy Green |
August 23, 2006 |
| Electric-powered speed record | 517.942 km/h (321.834 mph) | Buckeye Bullet | Roger Schroer |
October 3, 2004 |
| Steam-powered speed record | 238.679 km/h (148.308 mph) | Inspiration | Don Wales |
August 26, 2009 |
| Wind-powered speed record | 202.90 km/h (126.20 mph) | Greenbird | Richard Jenkins |
March 26, 2009 |
| Human-powered speed record | 132.50 km/h (82.33 mph) | Varna Diablo 3 |  Sam Whittingham |
September 18, 2008 |
Railed vehicles
| Category | Speed | Vehicle | Operator | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unmanned railed vehicle (rocket sled) | 10,400 km/h (6,462 mph) | (unmanned) | April 30, 2003 | |
| Manned railed vehicle (rocket sled) | 1,017 km/h (635 mph) | Sonic Wind No. 1 | John Stapp |
December 10, 1954 |
| Magnetic levitation train | 581 km/h (361 mph) | JR-Maglev | unknown | December 2, 2003 |
| Wheeled train | 574.8 km/h (357.18 mph) | TGV |  Eric Pieczak |
April 3, 2007 |
Aircraft
| Category | Speed | Vehicle | Pilot | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unmanned air-breathing craft | 12,144 km/h (7,546 mph) | NASA X-43A | (unmanned) |
November 16, 2004 |
| Manned air-breathing craft | 3,530 km/h (2,194 mph) | Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird | Eldon W. Joersz |
July 28, 1976 |
| Rocket-powered aircraft | 7,258 km/h (4,510 mph) | North American X-15 | William J. Knight |
October 3, 1967 |
| Propeller-driven aircraft | 870 km/h (541 mph).[2] | Tupolev Tu-114 |  Ivan Soukhomline[3] |
1960 |
| Piston-engined propeller-driven aircraft | 850.1 km/h (528.33 mph) | Grumman F8F Bearcat "Rare Bear" N777L | Lyle Shelton |
21 August 1989 |
| Helicopter | 401.0 km/h (249.1 mph) | Westland Lynx 800 G-LYNX | John Egginton |
11 August 1986 |
| Human-powered aircraft | 32 km/h (19.8 mph)[4] | MIT Monarch B | Frank Scarabino |
1 May 1984 |
Watercraft
| Category | Speed | Vehicle | Operator | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water speed record | 511.13 km/h (317.596 mph) | Spirit of Australia |  Ken Warby |
8 October 1978 |
| Propeller-driven water speed record | 264.589 mph | Miss Budweiser | Dave Vickweck |
13 March 2004[5] |
| Underwater speed record |
There is no official record due to rather secretive nature of military vessels. The only one convincing fact is that in 1968 a Russian November class submarine tracked an American carrier group travelling at 31 knots (57 km/h or 36 mph)[6]. But there are claims about the speed of military submarines from 35 to 45 knots (40 and 51 mph). Unmanned torpedos speed claims range from 70 to 200 knots (80 mph to 230 mph), with Barracuda claiming 800 km/h. |
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| Human-powered watercraft | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h or 21.3 mph) | Decavitator | Mark Drela |
27 October 1991 |
| Human-powered submarine | 8.035 knots (14.9 km/h or 9.2 mph) | Omer 5 | É.T.S. |
2007 |
| Wind-powered watercraft | 51.36 knots (95.11 km/h or 59.10 mph) | Hydroptère | Alain Thébault |
4 September 2009 |
Spacecraft
| Category | Speed | Vehicle | Crew | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unmanned spacecraft | 252 792 km/h (157 078 mph)[7] | Helios 2 probe | (unmanned) | mid 1970s |
| Manned spacecraft | 39 896 km/h (24 790 mph) | Apollo 10 | Thomas Stafford, John W. Young and Eugene Cernan | May 26, 1969 |
| Earth-reentering spacecraft | 46 440 km/h (28 856 mph) | Stardust probe | (unmanned) | January 15, 2006 |
| Earth-escaping spacecraft | 58 536 km/h (36 373 mph) | New Horizons probe | (unmanned) | January 19, 2006 |
| Sun-escaping spacecraft | 61 722 km/h (38 350 mph) | Voyager 1 probe | (unmanned) |
See also
Notes
- ^ "FIA Records List" (PDF). Federation Internationale de L'automobile. http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/D7F51092FE31DA4AC12575440041CC8F/$FILE/Liste-Records-Cat-A-20.01.09.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ Tu_114 data from Aerospaceweb Access date: 26 May 2008
- ^ FAI official database Access date: 26 May 2008
- ^ average speed
- ^ http://www.abrahydroplanes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=71&Itemid=59
- ^ Tyler, Patrick (1986). Running Critical. New York: Harper&Row. pp. 23–26, 34–46.
- ^ relative to the Sun
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