Flight Airspeed Record - Timeline

Timeline

Date Pilot Airspeed Aircraft Location Notes
mph km/h
1903 Wilbur Wright 6.82 10.98 Wright Flyer Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, US
1905 Wilbur Wright 37.85 60.91 Wright Flyer III
12 November 1906 Alberto Santos-Dumont 25.65 41.292 14-bis Bagatelle Castle, Paris First officially recognised airspeed record
26 October 1907 Henry Farman 32.73 52.700 Voisin biplane
25 May 1909 Paul Tissandier 34.04 54.810 Wright
23 August 1909 Glenn Curtiss 43.367 69.821 Curtiss No. 2 1909 Gordon Bennett Cup, Reims, France
24 August 1909 Louis Blériot 46.160 74.318 Blériot XI
28 August 1909 Louis Blériot 47.823 76.995 Blériot XI
23 April 1910 Hubert Latham 48.186 77.579 Antoinette
10 July 1910 Léon Morane 66.154 106.508 Blériot
29 October 1910 Alfred Leblanc 68.171 109.756 Blériot XI
12 April 1911 Alfred Leblanc 69.442 111.801 Blériot Blériot
11 May 1911 Edouard Nieuport 73.385 119.760 Nieuport
12 June 1911 Alfred Leblanc 77.640 125.000 Blériot
16 June 1911 Edouard Nieuport 80.781 130.057 Nieuport
21 June 1911 Edouard Nieuport 82.693 133.136 Nieuport Nie-2 N
13 January 1912 Jules Vedrines 87.68 145.161 Deperdussin Monocoque
22 February 1912 Jules Vedrines 100.18 161.290 Deperdussin Monocoque
29 February 1912 Jules Vedrines 100.90 162.454 Deperdussin Monocoque
1 March 1912 Jules Vedrines 103.62 166.821 Deperdussin Monocoque
2 March 1912 Jules Vedrines 104.29 167.910 Deperdussin Monocoque
13 July 1912 Jules Vedrines 106.07 170.777 Deperdussin Monocoque
9 September 1912 Jules Vedrines 108.14 174.100 Deperdussin Monocoque
17 June 1913 Maurice Prévost 111.69 179.820 Deperdussin Monocoque
27 September 1913 Maurice Prévost 119.19 191.897 Deperdussin Monocoque
29 September 1913 Maurice Prévost 126.61 203.850 Deperdussin Monocoque
1914 Norman Spratt 134.5 216.5 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4
August 1918 Roland Rohlfs 163 262.3 Curtiss Wasp Not officially recognised.
1919 Joseph Sadi-Lecointe 191.1 307.5 Nieuport-Delage 29v Not officially recognised.
8 February 1920 Joseph Sadi-Lecointe 171.0 275.264 Nieuport-Delage NiD 29 Villacoublay, France. First official record post World War 1.
28 February 1920 Jean Casale 176.1 283.464 Spad-Herbemont Villacoublay, France
9 October 1920 Bernard de Romanet 181.8 292.682 Spad-Herbemont Buc, France
10 October 1920 Joseph Sadi-Lecointe 184.3 296.694 Nieuport-Delage 29
20 October 1920 Joseph Sadi-Lecointe 187.9 302.529 Nieuport-Delage 29
4 November 1920 Bernard de Romanet 191.9 309.012 Spad S.20 Buc, France
12 December 1920 Joseph Sadi-Lecointe 194.4 313.043 Nieuport-Delage 29
26 September 1921 Joseph Sadi-Lecointe 205.2 330.275 Nieuport-Delage
13 October 1922 Billy Mitchell 222.88 358.836 Curtiss R Detroit
18 October 1922 Billy Mitchell 224.28 360.93 Curtiss R-6
15 February 1923 Joseph Sadi-Lecointe 232.91 375.00 Nieuport-Delage Istres
29 March 1923 Russell Maughan 236.587 380.74 Curtiss R-6
2 November 1923 H. J. Rowe 259.16 417.07 Curtiss R2C-1
4 November 1923 Alford J. Williams 266.59 429.02 Curtiss R2C-1
11 November 1924 Florentin Bonnet 278.37 448.171 Bernard-Ferbois V.2
4 November 1927 Mario de Bernardi 297.70 479.290 Macchi M.52 seaplane Venice Database ID 11828
30 March 1928 Mario de Bernardi 318.620 512.776 Macchi M.52bis seaplane Venice Database ID 11827
July 1929 Giuseppe Motta 362.0 582.6 Macchi M.67 seaplane Unofficial
10 September 1929 George H. Stainforth 336.3 541.4 Gloster VI seaplane Calshot Database ID 11829
12 September 1929 Augustus Orlebar 357.7 575.5 Supermarine S.6 seaplane Calshot Database ID 11830
13 September 1931 George H. Stainforth 407.5 655.8 Supermarine S.6B seaplane Lee-on-the-Solent Database ID 11831
10 April 1933 Francesco Agello 423.6 682.078 Macchi M.C.72 seaplane Desenzano del Garda Database ID 11836
23 October 1934 Francesco Agello 440.5 709.209 Macchi M.C.72 seaplane Desenzano del Garda Database ID 4497
1935 Howard Hughes 352 566 Hughes H-1 Racer landplane Not an Official FAI record
26 April 1939 Fritz Wendel 469.220 755.138 Me 209 V1 Augsburg Piston-engined record until 1969
1941 Heini Dittmar 623.65 1003.67 Messerschmitt Me 163A V4 Peenemünde Rocket powered – Not an Official FAI record but over the 3 km FAI distance
1944 Heinz Herlitzius 624 1004 Messerschmitt Me 262 S2 Leipheim Not an Official FAI record
1944 Heini Dittmar 702 1130 Messerschmitt Me 163B V18 Lagerlechfeld Rocket powered – Not an Official FAI record
7 November 1945 H. J. Wilson 606.4 975.9 Gloster Meteor F Mk4 Herne Bay, UK
7 September 1946 Edward Mortlock Donaldson 615.78 990.79 Gloster Meteor F Mk4 Littlehampton, UK
19 June 1947 Col. Albert Boyd 623.74 1003.60 Lockheed P-80R Shooting Star Muroc, California, US
20 August 1947 Cmdr. Turner Caldwell 640.663 1031.049 Douglas Skystreak Muroc, California, US
25 August 1947 Major Marion Eugene Carl USMC 650.796 1047.356 Douglas Skystreak Muroc, California, US
1947 Chuck Yeager 670.0 1078 Bell X-1 Muroc, California, US Rocket powered – Not an official FAI C-1 record
15 September 1948 Maj. Richard L. Johnson, USAF 670.84 1079.6 North American F-86A-3 Sabre Cleveland, US
18 November 1952 J. Slade Nash 698.505 1,124.13 North American F-86D Sabre Salton Sea, US
1953 William Barnes 715.745 1,151.88 North American F-86D Sabre Salton Sea, US
7 September 1953 Neville Duke 727.6 1,171 Hawker Hunter F Mk3 Littlehampton, UK
26 September 1953 Mike Lithgow 735.7 1,184 Supermarine Swift F4 Castel Idris, Tripoli, Libya
3 October 1953 James B. Verdin, US Navy 752.9 1,211.5 Douglas F4D Skyray Salton Sea, US
October 1953 Frank K. Everest USAF 755.1 1,215.3 North American F-100 Super Sabre Salton Sea, US
From this point records are set at altitude and not sea level.
October 1955 Horace A. Hanes 822.1 1,323 North American F-100C Super Sabre Palmdale, US
10 March 1956 Peter Twiss 1,132 1,822 Fairey Delta 2 Chichester, UK
December 1957 USAF 1,207.6 1,943.5 McDonnell F-101A Voodoo Edwards Air Force Base, US
May 1958 Cap. WW Irwin, USAF 1,404 2,259.5 Lockheed F-104C Starfighter Edwards Air Force Base, US
31 October 1959 Col. Georgii Mosolov 1,484 2,388 Ye-66 (proto Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21) USSR
December 1959 Maj. Joseph Rogers, USAF 1,525.9 2,455.7 Convair F-106 Delta Dart Edwards Air Force Base, US
22 November 1961 Robert G. Robinson, US Navy 1606.3 2585.1 Modified McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II Edwards Air Force Base, US
7 July 1962 Col. Georgii Mosolov 1665.9 2681 Mikoyan Gurevich Ye-166 – name adopted for the record attempt, originally a version of a Ye-152 USSR
1 May 1965 Robert L. Stephens
and Daniel Andre		 2,070.1 3,331.5 Lockheed YF-12A Edwards AFB, US
28 July 1976 Capt. Eldon W. Joersz and Maj. George T. Morgan 2,193.2 3,529.6 Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird #61-7958 Beale AFB, US

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