Top 3 Faster Airplanes in World
The third place, but not the least, goes to X-15:
X-15
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| This is the X-15 departing |
The X-15 was made from United States of America, in 1959. And well, he was destined to be the airplane who makes the pilots across the border between the airplane's pilot and astronaut, because it can reach the altitude of 80 km, thus qualifying the pilots for astronaut status. Without saying that It's maximum speed was 7,274 km/h. As of 2013, the X-15 holds the official world record for the fastest speed ever reached by a manned aircraft. So, it set speed and altitude records in the early 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design.
For second place we have the incredible X-43A:
X-43A
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This is the X-43A in flyght
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The X-43A is an airplane of the space program Hyper-X, and, for sure, the principal airplane of it. The X-43A it's an unmanned plane, projected by NASA, to test the viability of hypersonic flights, that have mach 5.0 or even higher. He measures 3,7m in length, 1,5m in width, and 0,5m in height. Also, he can support a maximum load of 1360 kg. He costs 185 millions of dollars, but, well, he is an awesome airplane, so we think that worth it.
And, the first place goes to the top faster airplane, that is HTV-2:
HTV-2
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As
far we know, the first place goes to the most faster amazing
airplane, that is Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2, or HTV-2. Well,
can
you imagine how much fast is this?
We don't think so, because this
plane can reach 21.000 km/h, or mach 20. The
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has
been developing this plane, to reach anywhere on earth in 1 hour.
Also,
the
NASA had already made a test, total of 9 minutes of flying, it had
been launched
by a rocket. But it fells in the middle
of pacific ocean.
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