Category Speed
(km/h)
Speed
(mph)
Vehicle Pilot Date References
Rocket-powered aircraft 7,258 4,510 North American X-15 United States William J. Knight 3 Oct 1967 [11]
Manned air-breathing craft 3,530 2,194 Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird United States Eldon W. Joersz 28 Jul 1976 [12]
Propeller-driven aircraft 870 541 Tupolev Tu-114 Soviet Union Ivan Soukhomline 00 Jan 1960 [13][14]
Piston-engined propeller-driven aircraft 850.1 528.33 Grumman F8F Bearcat Rare Bear (N777L) United States Lyle Shelton 21 Aug 1989 [15]
Helicopter 401.0 249.1 Westland Lynx 800 G-LYNX United Kingdom John Egginton 11 Aug 1986 [16]
Glider (sailplane) 306.8 190.6 Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4DM Germany Klaus Ohlmann and
Argentina Matias Garcia Mazzaro
22 Dec 2006 [17]
Human-powered aircraft 32 19.8 MIT Monarch B United States Frank Scarabino 1 May 1984 [18]