10 of the Highest Altitudes Ever Reached by an Aircraft (World Record)
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Video Description: The pursuit of flight altitude records has long captivated the imaginations of aviators and engineers alike. These records represent the pinnacle of aerospace achievement, pushing the boundaries of human and technological capabilities. Fixed-wing aircraft have soared to breathtaking heights, breaking through the Earth's atmosphere to reach altitudes that were once considered unattainable. In this exploration, we delve into the remarkable history of flight altitude records attained by these soaring machines, showcasing the courage, innovation, and dedication that have propelled humanity to ever-greater heights in the skies.
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Note that the SR-71 flew straight and level for it's altitude record (which IS noted in the video) - the OTHER entries were all "peak height" on zoom climbs, and some COULD NOT take off from the ground on their own (like the X-15 or Space Ship One).
She literally says in the video that the SR-71 was the only one to be able to maintain the altitude.
@@antarashnia84 "(which IS noted in the video)"
Did you somehow MISS that part of my comment?
... its* altitude record (it's = it is)
@@bricefleckenstein9666 umm nice edit it wasn't there when I made my comment. nice try though haha
Yeah 3 I understand that's if we taking about sustain speed sustain altitudes sr 71 blackbird is the king of all of them
This one is worth mentioning:
13 December 1960: Commander Leroy Anthony Heath and Lieutenant Henry L. (“Larry”) Monroe, set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record for Altitude¹ with an early production North American A3J-1 Vigilante supersonic attack bomber. A 1,000-kilogram payload was carried in the bomber’s tubular weapons bay.
Over Edwards Air Force Base, in the high desert of southern California, the Vigilante accelerated to approximately 1,400 miles per hour (2,253 kilometers per hour), then pulled up into a steep climb. The Vigilante zoom-climbed in a nearly ballistic trajectory and reached an altitude of 27,874 meters (91,450 feet).
The F-15 Streak Eagle on Feb. 1, 1975 in setting the last of the eight records, it reached an altitude of 98,425 feet just 3 minutes, 27.8 seconds from brake release at takeoff and "coasted" to nearly 103,000 feet.
Came here to say this. I think this channel is Chinese though, I've found the information they provide inaccurate in other videos as well.
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Shhh... don't tell President Putin! He will be jealous!
I was thinking exactly about that aircraft, but to be fair, Streak Eagle was designed to break the time records from 0 to x height, and not the absolute height.
yep, and after that Ostapenko on MIG-25 made the same altitude in just 3 min and 9 seconds on Mar. 17, 1975
@@nightsidechild.
🔥 burning its own engines as fuel in the process
The SR-71 that broke the sustained altitude record was 61-7962 now on display at Duxford, England
Was wondering why it looked a bit smug when I visited😅
SR-71: Denver Center, Aspen 11 requests Flight Level 850.
Center: Aspen 11, if you can reach Flight Level 850, you can have Flight Level 850! (Chuckles)
SR-71: Roger Denver, Aspen 11 beginning descent to Flight Level 850…
The X-1, X-15, and SpaceShipOne were all air-launched and if you're going to count these rockets, the Space Shuttle whips them all...
Space Shuttle was ground launched.
@@bricefleckenstein9666 By that logic, so were all the others...
@@chrislong3938 NOT true.
The Space Shuttle had a pair of solid-fuel booster rockets that strapped on to it's big external fuel tank for the ground take off - it was NOT ferried into the air like the X-15 or Space Ship One were.
Look up the X-15 and it's commonly-used B-52 carrier planes (there were 2 used), or look up The White Knight for Space Ship One.
@@bricefleckenstein9666 Considering that the Shuttle provided one-third of the thrust for the first stage makes it even more impressive then!
@@chrislong3938I don't know for sure, but I think the SRBs were more than 2/3 of the launch thrust
It’s adorable that they think the SR-71 only flies as high as they say in this video!
Adorable and naive. Same for the stats for all the planes. I think some were fluffed and some down played. Like how fast are our Aircraft Carriers, really?
@@rcstl8815given the distance and time the people I've talked to it comes out to about 50 mph.
@@bowez9 You'd be burning through a lot of neutrons at that speed. czcams.com/video/WUAL1RBIBtI/video.html
Given all the caveats for these "top ten" you could easily say the Space Shuttle is the highest flying aircraft at ~600km.
You could also make a case under the same caveats for the Voyager or Pioneer probes - at MILLIONS of km (I forget which is the farthest from the Earth at this point).
Not as good a case though, but the Shuttle was designed to land as an aircraft.
Yeah, I agree with you. I'm only impressed by the SR-71 since it wasn't a special one-off, purpose built to acquire the FAI altitude record. The SR-71 took off from a runway, achieved and maintained the altitude and then landed on a runway.
@@red94mr28 Technically, the X-15 was not a one-off (there were 3 of them built and flown during it's test program).
It and SpaceShipOne were also not built specifically for altitude records.
X-15 was designed and built to experiment with hypersonic speed testing, SpaceShipOne was built as a prototype "proof of concept" for what eventually developed as SpaceShipTwo for "just into space" tourism.
Correct and that is my issue with this top 10.
@@bricefleckenstein9666 Yup, I know the history and purpose of both. Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne was a one-off since only one was built. Both the X-15 and SpaceShipOne were carried aloft by a larger mothership and released at an altitude above 8 miles so they didn't takeoff from a runway under their own power. So, the Space Shuttle(s) should be included in the list if the X-15 and SpaceShipOne are in the list.
Seeing as this video is mostly full of 'zoom' climbs and not sustained flight only, why isn't the English Electric Lightning mentioned, when at least one of them went to just over 91,000ft. It was the same aircraft (and only aircraft ever) to catch Concorde in level flight and accelerate past it, as an excerise when a lot of other NATO aircraft (fighters) tried to catch Concorde over europe.
Catching the Concorde in level flight means absolutely jack fuck-all in the big scheme of things, and 91,000 feet, while impressive, had been matched or exceeded by many aircraft before the Lightning supposedly did it.
The SR-71Aand F104C were a production aircraft, all the others were specially modified prototypes and in service would never attain these altitudes, or rocket planes which are really manned missiles.
Minor nitpick: The MiG-25 was also a production aircraft, though the plane used was modified for record breaking purposes.
The only aircraft that was able to go to over 91,000ft plus in standard 'service' trim, was the English Electric Lightning in RAF service. That particular aircraft was flown by the squadron's commander at the time and was in very good 'serviced' trim i.e. like all the other planes should have been as standard. It is now a gate guardian.
@@sirmalus5153 Somebody always shows up to claim some obscure and unverifiable "record" for their favorite flying guppy.
@@sirmalus5153 No. Indians flew higher with their MiG-25.
@@torgothegrey3567
Like the Germanazi ME109s in the prewar record-breaking races.
Theres a difference between level flight..and going straight up until your engine flames out.
Shouldn't mix jet-powered and rocket-powered engine aircraft together. The X-2, X-15 and SpaceShipOne are all rocket powered planes, thus they would be able to fly at higher altitudes (in fact to space). They shouldn't be put in the same category as jet powered aircraft like the SR-71. And I think the F-15 Streak Eagle (modified, had everything strip except for flying) managed to exceed 100k feet and did it in a short time should be added to the list.
The SR-71 routinely cruised at 80000+ ft on missions and I don’t think we, the general public really knows how fast it was since in out running SAMs the throttle was sometimes left full forward for longer than usual.
The A12 flew higher and a little faster, it was lighter.
@@maximilliancunningham6091 Source?
Fmr SR-71 pilot Major Brian Shul can attest that the SR-71 flew over mach 3.5 while outrunning Libyan SAMs over Libya in April 1986 at 80,000+ ft. There was also another event over Syria-Israel flying just as fast.
@@rapid13 Doubt we'll ever get an official source, but most aviation experts agree that the A-12, being a single-seat predecessor to the SR-71, was lighter than the SR-71. As such, it was higher-flying and slightly faster, but only by a percent or two - they, along with the YF-12, were variants of the same basic design and used the same engines.
@@drtidrow Experts agreeing doesn’t mean much without data. I found a lot of claims, but no sources. I do see that the A12 was lighter and shorter, but can’t find any data on actual performance differences.
One day the real figures for the SR-71 will be released!
Agreed, the top ceiling of the SR71 is still classified, but anecdotal stories from a couple pilots claim it went well over 100,000 feet more than once.
Cope is strong. If they could have taken record from MiG-25 they would.
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The dog squeaking the squeaky toy in the background of this voiceover is hilarious.
Just for reference. James Lovell and Crew. April 15, 1970. 1.313 * 10^9 ft. or 400 million meters.
That was and is the record distance from Earth for humans.
Actual SR-71 specs might still be classified. The CIA version is faster. A-12 I think it was called.
Hello! The A designation stands for Attack aircraft. The YA-12 (SR-71) was, on paper, to be outfitted with nuclear rockets. Regards!
@@nicksanta You're thinking of the YF-12 - the A-12 was built for the CIA, so didn't necessarily follow Air Force naming conventions.
Shouldn't there be an English Electric Lightning on this list?
Yes there should.
Name one (1) legitimate, verified record of any sort set by the Lightning.
@@dukeford8893 You're welcome to use google like an adult for yourself, start with the mission to perform an intercept on a U-2, then look at the Lightning's zoom climb test flights, where it was high enough to be more ballistic then flying.
@@PiDsPagePrototypes Those aren't records. They aren't particularly notable or worth mentioning, either, unless you're from the UK and have nothing else to hang your hat on.
It takes a guy with balls and skills to hit these heights, but the crucial team of engineers, manufacturing technicians, ground crew, etc don’t get a mention. The truth is that any of these pilots would have accomplished nothing without a machine worth millions of somebody else’s money, and a massive echelon of support.
I would not include rocket powered craft on this list, jet aircraft have different challengers such as control surfaces in such thin atmosphere. As i see it, the flight by Fedotov is number 1.
The X-15 wasn't taking off by itself.
If you compared them fairly, the SR-71 in a zoom climb would’ve gone into orbit 🤣
No it didn't have escape volacity to get into orbit that 18k miles per hour it could only go 3k at best and it got close to melting at that temperature
@@ivananderson5041 I knew I’d get a dumb person who can’t see it’s sarcasm. I’m saying it would fly higher than all those other jet engined aircraft because of its speed. SR71 in a zoom climb would be higher, no doubt about it.
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Not sure the 71 could have handled the stress of a zoom climb, it wasn't designed for pulling Gs. I could be wrong
Um...
No.
I don’t consider a rocket engine powered vehicle as a true “airplane” that climbed to altitude with jet engines. That’s like comparing a rifle to a crossbow or a handsaw to a gas powered chainsaw. Two different classes of aircraft here. So the F-104 Starfighter jet AIRPLANE is the clear altitude winner in American inventory/history.
Honorary mention:
Perlan glider has thus far achieved 22,646 m or 74,298 ft *level* flight. Theoretically - on the right conditions - it could surpass SR-71 level flight record.
The sr-71 can go over 90000 feet easily , and faster than mock 3.2 . I don’t know what this chick is talking about.
@@markharris5707 I guess she was talking about the sustained altitude on a level flight vs. the maximum attained altitude on a (semi)ballistics flight trajectory.
SR71 official height it actually got up to 92, 300 feet
Remember the Starfighter, big engine and a pair of small wings.
Killed more Lufftewafe pilots than the RAF
The ceiling for the SR-71 Blackbird is still classified. They do acknowledge 90,000 ft +
I guess we’re only counting piloted aircraft here. The solar powered Helios made it to 96,863 feet in level flight. No carrier aircraft or rocket zoom climb required.
Unofficially, the original CIA single-seat version of the SR-71, called the A-12 could fly even higher and faster than the SR-71. I think the A-12 was capable of sustained flight close to 90,000 feet or more.
The X15 is a Rocket, not an Air Breathing aircraft.
That Soviet pilot that flew the SU-9 looks like Vince McMahon
Highest Altitudes Reached But You're Comparing Rockets With Jets & In Some Cases, Jets With Rocket Assist As Well As Air Launched Versus Normal Takeoff. Then There's Combat Aircraft Alongside Experimental But It Was Interesting. Thank You.
Hey Wizards! They are talking about AIRCRAFT not SPACECRAFT. See how it says "Aircraft" in the title.
367,490 feet is over 69.60 miles high! To put that in perspective the Kármán line marking the edge of outer space is 62 miles; 330,000 feet above mean sea level. Brian Binnie hit over 7 1/2 miles into Outer Space, that is BADASS BOSS Level BALLS!🧑🚀🚀
A Royal Canadian Air Force Starfighter reached 103,395 feet in 1967...
Correction:
Canadair Limited produced single-seater CF-104s for the RCAF and F-104Gs for NATO countries as part of a U.S. assistance program.
Flown by Wing Commander Robert A. White when he set a Canadian altitude record of 30,513 metres (100,110 feet) on December 14, 1967.
@@Roarmeister2
Correction to your correction: Putting “C” in front of a U.S. aircraft’s designation and assembling it under license does not make it a Canadian aircraft! 😆😂🤣
@@Frankie5Angels150 I never said or implied that it did; so your nonsense stands corrected.
However, the CF-104s did have some significant changes from the US built model and sold to other countries. Although basically similar to the F-104G, the CF-104 was optimized for the nuclear strike/reconnaissance role, fitted with R-24A NASARR equipment dedicated to the air-to-ground mode only as well as having provision for a ventral reconnaissance pod equipped with four Vinten cameras. Other differences included retaining the removable refuelling probe, initial deletion of the fuselage-mounted 20 mm (.79 in) M61A1 cannon (replaced by an additional fuel cell) and the main undercarriage members being fitted with longer-stroke liquid springs and larger tires. (Wikipedia)
@@Roarmeister2
Designation C = Cargo, F = Fighter. The closest would be AC or Attack Cargo like the US AC-130, at least in the US.
Maybe Canada uses different designations.
@@jacksnyder7318 CF in this case stands for Canadian Fighter. The CF-5 (Freedom Fighter), CF-104 (Starfighter), CF-101(Voodoo) and CF-18s (Hornet) are examples of this designation.
CH = helicopter, CP = patrolling aircraft, CC = cargo, CU = unmanned vehicle, CT = trainer.
This is compliance with NATO designations for aircraft. Other countries do the same thing.
Tesla Roadster: 180 million miles & counting... 😂
With the aid of falcon heavy
As several have noted, The SR-71s maximum ceiling is classified. The most commonly practical assessment published was the 1972 dispatch of F4s by Israel to intercept an SR-71. The official US version of the story was that the F4s were unable to climb to the 80K-85K feet claimed height of the SR-71. The Israeli story was that the SR-71 climbed further out of range before the F4s disengaged as they were approaching Syria (some say Jordan) airspace. The unnamed pilot of the SR-71 stated in an interview made in the 1980s that he climbed past 100K feet in sustained level flight as this was the "standard practice" for evading interception and the SA-2/S-75 defense systems found in most hostile countries at the time. There are too many "sources" to count that claim the SR-71s ceiling is at least 100K feet, and some pilots say 125K feet. Such claims are moot anyway as the SR-71 has probably the most sophisticate countermeasures to jam/prevent AA missile lock from any interceptor and would easily outrange any SA missile launch. That said, an interesting bit of trivia is that the Swedish JA-67 Viggen is the only aircraft to achieve missile lock on the SR71, albeit these were not hostile actions and the SR-71 did not perform any evasive maneuvering. It is also the only known aircraft to escort damaged SR-71 to safe space. Got to love those Swedes.
This record should have two categories. One for ground launched and one for air launched.
Is the Narrator a person or a machine??
Still like F4 Phantom w/"Film Atlas Rocket footage while taking off" assignment. NASA had clue Atlas "Oil-Canning" & due to launch Astronauts. As test, Phantom rushed taking-off Atlas, pulled beside it, filmed it Oil Canning away, & NASA effected defect repairs BEFORE launching anyone!! Wasn't that lucky!!! Learned later they had used "Hot Gas" in 1 use engines, but still impressive!
"those are rookie numbers"
-Michael collins
10:45 All I really needed to see in this video.
Those were in envelopes with no mercy.
Had a giggle when I saw the SR71 at the bottom. Fact, it's max speed and altitude are still classified. When they were still operational every time something else broke the speed or altitude record the next time the SR71 was out and about they casually regained it.
P.S. I thought the Mig 25 needed a pilot to get it airborne as well as land it.🙃
If they could get the record they would.
They arent classified, its limitations are openly stated
05:17 that's a Czech Republic flag. (Czechoslavkia also same one).
Normal cruise of the airbreathing SR-71 was 76,000+ Ft. and some have independently verified that flights from US Western States AF bases the SR-71/A-12 were tracked at Altitudes in the 103,000 FT to 106,000 ft at speeds in the 3000+mph range flying across Canada heading for Russia with landings in Guam or in the Indian Ocean at Diego Garcia UK/US Air base. Then turned around and return back to the US via Russian/Chinese Airspace. At those altitudes the engines required those speed in order to get enough air to operate. In short slower speed would starve the engines of enough air to keep operating. Based on some interviews with former SR-71/A-12 pilots the records captured by the Aircraft are not the top end of the Aircrafts performance and NASA is not talking because they were the last operator of the aircraft design. I am surprised that Boeing and Airbus have not utilized the PW-78 engine for Supersonic Airliners which should be coming off the drawing boards in the next few years. Th PW-78 is a dual engine, turbo jet and Ram Jet design. Extremely fuel efficient in the Ram Jet mode at speeds about Mach 2+ and in the 40,000+Ft altitudes. The faster the better the milage.
3000mph is highly dubious
One major issue with this top ten. There is a well-defined line between air-breathing aircraft, and rocket-powered air vehicles. Mixing X-15 with the Sr-71 should never happen. Both of them have their own domain, period. This one gets a thumbs down vote.
A production standard B-58A Hustler with a USAF crew made a zoom climb to 85,360' some time in the 1960s.
Hello! What has been documented is...nice. I would point out that U.S. astronauts have a particular medal. I have noticed that some SR-71 pilots have this same medal, as well as some F-15 pilots. Does this mean they have been LEO? Regards!
@nicksanta - Not necessarily, I believe anyone who zooms up to 50 miles/80km altitude is considered to have gone into space. Hmmm... wondering how an F-15 pilot qualifies as I don't think the Eagle/Strike Eagle could zoom climb up to 264,000 feet to meet the into-space threshold.
@@Jimbo-in-Thailand Hello! After I made my statement. I found a discussion on the X-15. It turns out the medal was awarded if a pilot made a flight above 50 miles (264,000 ft., or 80467 meters).. Regards!
@@Jimbo-in-Thailand Hello! Guess I'm not typing right! That's X-15. Regards
Pretty good, better than I expected. Hard to listen to, though...
This is not classified this is for eyes only
I bet some of these could’ve gone even faster if they’d brought their gear up!
Starts in Feet which is the ICAO recognized measurement for altitude, then switches into meters.
Get it right!
Yer AI has a stuttering problem
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id like to know what the SR-71 could have done in a zoom climb.
Space - The Final Frontier.......
Yeah bro, yes my man
Broke apart perhaps?
It would disintegrate. Habu always flew on the bleeding edge of what the airframe could survive and at least 2 were lost by simply exceeding that last 1%.
@@104thDIVTimberwolf Was gonna say much the same....a plane that takes three states to make a 180 degree turn at cruising speed canNOT take the stresses of a zoom climb. It wasn't designed for that.
When I was growing up our neighbor was Flying the X-15.
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First of all, the SR-71 regularly cruised at higher than the altitude that you state. Secondly absolute altitude is completely different then flying along horizontally!
What make 21 attaining 113000 feet would be laughable, it does not have the speed or the engine capability to achieve such a feat. Speed it would have had to have attained to get anywhere close to that number not attainable with its basic shape!
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It must require tremendous skills to pull back on the control stick AND hit full throttle at the same time. 😑
Didn’t the SR-71 leave England and fly so fast that when it landed in the United States it arrived before the time that it left England? In local time.
Meaning that it left England at 7:00am local time (or UK Time) but landed in the America at 6:10am local time (USA Time).
Im just here for the planes
wow that accent, which state?
It's a shame this is only from the unclassified data publicly availably and much of it is very suspect. I know for a fact, for example, the SR-71 can cruse comfortably at level flight much higher than 85,000 feet. Pilot's tend to like to talk and brag to the ground crew when they returned from their missions and I was all ears.
Pilots tend to like to talk, too.
Because "Тrust me bro" dont count.
Conclusion: among combat aircraft, the USSR/Russia has the first place in terms of flight altitude.
In practice: Who cares?
@@tommiturmiola3682 Well, it’s not you who cares about this, otherwise you wouldn’t ask.
@@MrRoninGT Yes. I would like to know what difference does that zoom climb ability make as modern missiles can still get any of those planes. For what i recon is that F-15 isn't on that list because it didn't need to demonstrate ability to climb fast to intercept high flying bombers.
@@tommiturmiola3682 Correct.
At one time, altitude records were a thing. Now it's old news. There's no real advantage to flying so high.
@@tommiturmiola3682 I don't care about the F-15. I'm talking about facts.
SPACESHIPONE.
Sounds like a great SF series. Anyone??? Anyone??????
MiG-25 is the beast 😳
Were is the English Electric Lightning ? A lightning that flew at its optimum climb angle could reach 36,000 ft in less than 3 minutes and had an official ceiling altitude of around 60,000 ft. However, there were reports that a Lightning F.3 had reached an altitude of 88,000 ft by ballistic climb.
The SR-71's record is not in the same category: the rest of the jets zoom climbed.
Three SR71 flew surveillance missions. They wouldn't report anything. I'm certain they flew higher and faster than reported.... being that they were faster and more capable of achieving speed and altitude than any of these airframes which were inferior.
And they were tracked by civilian air traffic control any time they were in the general vicinity of an airport. If they ever did fly more than slightly faster and higher than the publicly available numbers, it's not something they would have been able to hide.
That said, there is one big caveat. The limits of high performance jet engines tend to be dictated by heat - that is, push them any harder and the insides begin to soften and melt from the high temperatures. However, there's a big difference between running your engines cool enough that the ground service crew won't get angry at their condition after you land and pushing things up to 11 because maybe someone just fired a missile at you and it's an emergency.
@Keldor314 I'm sure especially back then the SR71 was able to fly places and not get tracked. Look at the X15. It goes Mach 6.7 and doesn't melt and that is early 60s yeah. America has shit that it doesn't tell us about.
@@eriknewman5288 IIRC, that was a one-off flight - it had to be coated in a special ablative coating to survive, but even with that coating parts of did melt, mainly around the tail where they had added a prototype scramjet housing. The shock waves coming off it hit the ventral vertical stabilizer in such a way that it caused localized melting.
@6:01 Mig with US markings.
What about the avro arrow
Jeez I feel bad I only got up to a little above 70k
I don't like how some of these are basically rockets that cannot take off on their own or fly normally in atmosphere like aircraft ought to be able to do.
Once we start using rocket engines, I lose interest. I think the challenge requires utilizing atmospheric oxygen as the oxidizer.
If SpaceShipOne is on the list, why not the Space Shuttle then? It could go to a much higher altitude than any of these, yet still land on a runway.
Air breathing aircraft or rockets with wings, there must be a distinction as rockets will continue to function and produce thrust long after the atmosphere cannot support the functioning of jet engined aircraft.
Aircraft max level sustained flight is held by the 30+ year old Aurora.
So basically, the SR71 and MiG-25 are fighting it out between them. The rest don't really matter.
Whats with the crummy audio editing
There are official published performance specs and there are top secret performance specs.
You can bet the top secret specs are better.
Under these criteria, the shuttle would be in the list as #1. Spaceshipone does not take off from the ground under its own power.
That's not a sky
That's freaking space
Yeah but the Millennium Falcon can make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs....
bac lighting was not mentioned why not
Love the content but can't stand the computer voice. Too many mispronunciations.
This video missed the 88,000' reached by an RAF Lightning on an interception of a USAF U2 during a NATO exercise. What makes this significant is that it is not a specialized, modified aircraft in pursuit of a record, rather it is has been made by a regular squadron aircraft, flown by a duty pilot, during an exercise. In other words we can assume that any RAF Lightning could make such an interception if required. That alone make it more significant than any other aircraft listed here.
When the USAF broke the Lightning climb record, they used a highly modified F15 that was tethered to the runway to ensure maximum acceleration. The RAF Lightning that previously held the record, was set by a regular squadron aircraft that was fuelled up and made a standard take off.
Context is everything.
I've never understood the significance of this "event". USAF Starfighters out of Homestead AFB were "intercepting" USAF U2's in the 1960's. Furthermore, the Lightning never set any official records for anything. Chasing down the Concorde (for example) is a stunt, not a "record"
Here's some context: Regular USAF squadron Starfighters with duty pilots were going over 100,000 feet since the late 1950's. The Lightning never set any "records", either. Engaging in one-off, unsanctioned events get you a "participation trophy", but that's it.
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The rocket powered planes should not have made this list. If so where are the big boys....the manned rockets sent to space and to the moon? You should discount all rocket powered planes.
Actual SR-71 max altitude and speed are classified. Press events are not max capabilities.
And some actually believe the SR-71 is in 10th place. 😂😂😂
What about the helicopter on Mars?
Billions and billions of dollards from the DoD and we end of with a 2004 dude that basl it off, crazy!
It's Mig 25 Foxbat
Shouldn't the Virgin Galactic flights be on there too?
having seen the movie Firefox with Clint Eastwood, I know the truth
How can Cpt Iven Kinchloe be the 1st pilot to pass 100,000 feet when Cpt Joe Jordan did it on 14 Dec 1959 number 7 on the list DUHHHHHH