On July 27th, 1976 Captain Eldon W. Joersz and Major George T. Morgan Jr. flew an SR-71 Blackbird 2,193 miles per hour, the fastest ever.
2200 mps
2193 mi/h
exactly 2193mph
The current airspeed record for conventional (non-rocket) aircraft is held by the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. The record was set on on 28 July 1976 by Capt. Eldon W. Joersz and Maj. George T. Morgan when they reached a speed of 3,529.6 km per hour.
The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" aircraft has a top speed of 2,200 mph.
A blackbird doesn't go "through the speed of sound", it moves through the air.
Mach 3.5
2193 mph
It holds the world record for the fastest jet plane it can travel at Mach 3.3 (three times the speed of sound) 2,000 mph
The Boeing X-51 is still in its testing stages, and has recently completed its first free flight. Its design speed is Mach 7+, but the test did not run as long as scheduled and no "final" data was released. This experimental craft is unmanned.No airbreathing, manned jet-propelled aircraft has ever even approached the cruising speed of the the SR-71 Blackbird. The Blackbird's maximum speed, often quoted at Mach 3.2, is officially classified to this day. It still holds the world speed record. Simply amazing.
above mach 3, its top speed is still classified
Mach 3.2 which is 3.2 X the speed of sound