Despite claims of Mach 2.54, pilots report that the fastest speeds achieved in practice are Mach 2.25–2.3 in brand-new ...

The most influential aircraft in modern aviation did not debut at an air show or in a glossy brochure. It arrived in total ...

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In the 1950s, the race to conquer extreme speeds pushed experimental aircraft far beyond what engineers fully understood. The Bell X-2 was designed to explore flight at Mach 3, but controlling an ...