Aircraft records – Wikipedia

Year Airspeed Range Ceiling T/O Weight Engine power 1905 60.91 km/h (37.85 mph)
USA
Wilbur Wright
Flyer III
October 5, 1905 38.95 km (24.2 miles)
USA
Wilbur Wright
Flyer III
October 5, 1905 15 m (50 ft)
USA
Wilbur Wright
Flyer III
September 28, 1905 388 kg (855 lb)
USA
Wright Brothers
Flyer III 37 kW (50 hp)
France
Léon Levavasseur
Antoinette 1907 25 m (82 ft)
France
Louis Blériot
Blériot VI
September 17, 1907 522 kg (1,151 lb)
France
Voisin Brothers
Voisin-Farman No 1 40 kW (54 hp)
France
Renault
VB Renault 1908 64.79 km/h (40.26 mph)
France
Henry Farman
Voisin-Farman No 1
October 30, 1908 124.69 km (77.48 miles)
USA
Wilbur Wright
Wright A
December 31, 1908 110 m (361 ft)
USA
Wilbur Wright
Wright A
December 18, 1908 544 kg (1,200 lb)
USA
Wilbur Wright
Wright A 59 kW (79 hp)
France
Gobron-Brille
Gobron 1909 76.96 km/h (47.82 mph)
France
Louis Blériot
Blériot XII
August 28, 1909 234.21 km (145.53 miles)
France
Henry Farman
HF.1 No III
December 1, 1909 453 m (1,486 ft)
France
Hubert Latham
Antoinette VII
December 1, 1909 620 kg (1,367 lb)
France
Louis Blériot
Blériot XII 66 kW (89 hp)
France
Gobron-Brille
Gobron 1910 110 km/h (68.2 mph)
France
Alfred Leblanc
Blériot XI
October 29, 1910 584.7 km (363.34 miles)
France
Maurice Tabuteau
Maurice-Farman
December 30, 1910 3,100 m (10,170 ft)
France
Georges Legagneux
Hubert Latham
Antoinette VII
December 1, 1909 1,322 kg (2,950 lb)
Great Britain
Samuel Cody
Cody Michelin Cup 132 kW (177 hp)
France
Clerget
Gobron 1911 141.2 km/h (87.73 mph)
France
Édouard Nieuport
Nieuport Nie-2 N
June 21, 1911 740 km (460 miles)
France
Armand Gobé
Nieuport
December 24, 1911 3,910 m (12,828 ft)
France
Roland Garros
Blériot XI
September 4, 1911 1,350 kg (2,976 lb)
France
Léon Levavasseur
Antoinette Monobloc 132 kW (177 hp)
France
Clerget
Double Clerget 4W 1912 174.1 km/h (108.18 mph)
France
Jules Védrines
Deperdussin Monocoque
September 9, 1912 1,010.89 km (628.14 miles)
France
Géo Fourny
Maurice Farman
September 11, 1912 5,610 m (18,405 ft)
France
Roland Garros
Morane-Saulnier
December 11, 1912 147 kW (197 hp)
France
Clerget
Clerget 1913 203.8 km/h (126.66 mph)
France
Maurice Prévost
Deperdussin Monocoque
September 29, 1913 1,021.19 km (634.54 miles)
France
A Seguin
Henry Farman
October 13, 1913 6,120 m (20,079 ft)
France
Georges Legagneux
Nieuport II N
December 28, 1913 4,080 kg (8,995 lb)
Russia
Igor Sikorsky
Russian Knight 162 kW (217 hp)
France
Salmson Canton-Unné
(CU) 2M7 1914 216.5 km/h (134.54 mph)
Great Britain
Norman Spratt
RAF SE.4
June 1914 1,900 km (1,180.61 miles)
Germany
Werner Landmann
Albatros
June 28, 1914 8,150 m (26,739 ft)
Germany
Heinrich Oelerich
DFW
July 14, 1914 4,800 kg (10,582 lb)
Russia
Igor Sikorsky
Ilya Muromets A 168 kW (225 hp)
Great Britain
Sunbeam 1915 6,350 kg (14,000 lb)
Great Britain
Handley Page Ltd
Handley Page 0/100 169 kW (227 hp)
France
Louis Renault
Renault 12A 1916 12,129 kg (26,739 lb)
Germany
Staaken
R.VI 296 kW (296 hp)
France
Louis Renault
Renault 12F 1917 12,955 kg (28,561 lb)
Germany
Staaken
R.VII 298 kW (400 hp)
USA
Packard & Hall Scott
Liberty 1918 262.4 km/h (163.06 mph)
USA
Roland Rohlfs
Curtiss Wasp
August 19, 1918 8,808 m (28,897 ft)
USA
Rudolph Schroeder
Bristol F.2B
November 18, 1918 15,900 kg (35,053 lb)
Germany
Staaken
R.XIVa 522 kW (700 hp)
Italy
Fiat
Fiat A.14 1919 307.5 km/h (191.1 mph)
France
Joseph Sadi-Lecointe
Nieuport-Delage 29v
December 16, 1919 3,032 km (1,884 miles)
Great Britain
Alcock and Brown
Vickers Vimy
June 15, 1919 10,549 m (34,610 ft)
USA
Roland Rohlfs
Curtiss Wasp
September 18, 1919 20,263 kg (44,672 lb)
Great Britain
WG Tarrant Ltd
Tarrant Tabor 1920 313 km/h (194.49 mph)
France
Joseph Sadi-Lecointe
Nieuport-Delage 29v
December 12, 1920 1921 330 km/h (205.22 mph)
France
Joseph Sadi-Lecointe
Nieuport-Delage
September 26, 1921 26,000 kg (57,319 lb)
Italy
SAI Caproni
Caproni Ca 60 625 kW (838 hp)
France
Marcel Riffard
Breguet-Bugatti 32A 1922 361 km/h (224.28 mph)
USA
William Mitchell
Curtiss R-6
October 18, 1922 4,052 km (2517.8 miles)
USA
Oakley G. Kelly and John A. Macready
Fokker T-2
October 6, 1922 1923 430 km/h (267.16 mph)
USA
Alford J Williams
Curtiss R2C-1
November 4, 1923 5,300 km (3,293 miles)
USA
Smith and Richter
De Havilland DH.4B
August 28, 1923 11,145 m (36,565 ft)
France
Joseph Sadi-Lecointe
Nieuport-Delage
October 30, 1923 1924 448 km/h (278.47 mph)
France
Florentine Bonnet
Bernard Ferbois V2
December 11, 1924 746 kW (1,000 hp)
Great Britain
Napier
Cub 1925 1926 5,396 km (3,352.92 miles)
France
Costes and Rignot
Breguet 19 GR
October 19, 1926 1927 479 km/h (297.83 mph)
Italy
Mario de Bernardi
Macchi M.52
November 4, 1927 6,294 km (3,911 miles)
USA
Chamberlin and Levine
Bellanca
June 6, 1927 11,710 m (38,418 ft)
USA
CC Champion
Wright Apache
July 25, 1927 1928 513 km/h (318.57 mph)
Italy
Mario de Bernardi
Macchi M.52bis
March 30, 1928 7,665.3 km (4,763.81 miles)
Italy
Arturo Ferrarin and Carlo del Prete
SIAI-Marchetti S.64
July 5, 1928 1929 583 km/h (362 mph)
Italy
Giuseppe Motta
Macchi M.67
August 22, 1929 8,029.4 km (4,989.26 miles)
France
D. Costes and P.Codos
Breguet 19
December 17, 1929 12,739 m (41,795 ft)
Germany
Willi Neuenhofen
Junkers W 34
May 26, 1929 56,000 kg (123,457 lb)
Germany
Dornier
Dornier Do X 1,119 kW (1,500 hp)
Great Britain
Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce R 1930 8,188.8 km (5,088.28 miles)
Italy
Maddalena and Cecconi
SIAI-Marchetti S.M.64bis
June 2, 1930 13,157 m (43,166 ft)
USA
Apollo Soucek
Wright Apache
June 4, 1930 1931 655 km/h (406.94 mph)
Great Britain
GH Stainforth
Supermarine S.6B
September 29, 1931 10,371 km (6,444.27 miles)
France
Le Brix and Doret
Dewoitine D-33
June 10, 1931 2,280 kW (3,058 hp)
Italy
Fiat
Fiat AS.6 1932 10,601.5 km (6,587.45 miles)
France
Bossoutrot and Rossi
Blériot 110
March 26, 1932 13,404 m (43,976 ft)
Great Britain
Cyril F Uwins
Vickers Vespa
September 16, 1932 1933 682 km/h (423.82 mph)
Italy
Francesco Agello
Macchi-Castoldi MC-72
April 18, 1933 13,660 m (44,816 ft)
France
Gustave Lemoine
Potez 50
September 28, 1933 1934 709 km/h (440.68 mph)
Italy
Francesco Agello
Macchi-Castoldi MC-72
October 23, 1934 14,432 m (47,352 ft)
Italy
Renato Donati
Caproni Ca 113 AQ
April 11, 1934 1935 14,575 m (47,818 ft)
USSR
Vladimir Kokkinaki
Polikarpov TsKB-3 (I-15)
November 21, 1935 1936 15,223 m (49,944 ft)
Great Britain
S.R. Swain
Bristol 138
September 28, 1936 1937 16,440 m (53,937 ft)
Great Britain
MJ Adam
Bristol 138 1938 11,650 km (7,239 miles)
Japan
Takahashi and Sekine
Gasuden Koken
May 16, 1938 17,083 m (56,046 ft)
Italy
Mario Pezzi
Caproni 161bis
October 22, 1938 1939 755 km/h (469.22 mph)
Germany
Fritz Wendel
Messerschmitt Me 209 V1
April 26, 1939 12,936 km (8,038 miles)
Italy
Tondi, Degasso, Vignoli
Savoia-Marchetti S.M.75
August 1, 1939 544 kgf thrust (1,200 lbf thrust)
Germany
Pabst von Ohain
Heinkel HeS 3B 1940 1941 1,004 km/h km/h (623.85 mph)
Germany
Heini Dittmar
Messerschmitt Me 163A
October 2, 1941 748 kgf thrust (1,650 lbf thrust)
Germany
Walter HWK
R11 1942 63,500 kg (140,000 lb)
USA
Boeing
Boeing XB-29 Superfortress 910 kgf thrust (2,006 lbf thrust)
Germany
Junkers Motoren
Jumo 004 B 1943 75,500 kg (166,447 lb)
Germany
Junkers
Junkers Ju 390 1,700 kgf thrust (3,748 lbf thrust)
Germany
Walter HWK
109-509 A-2 1944 94,339 kg (207,981 lb)
Germany
Blohm & Voss
Blohm & Voss V238 V1 2,000 kgf thrust (4,410 lbf thrust)
Germany
Walter HWK
109-509 C 1945 1946 18,081 km (11,235 miles)
USA
Thomas D Davies
Lockheed P2V-1 Neptune
October 1, 1946 140,614 kg (310,000 lb)
USA
Convair
Convair XB-36 2,722 kgf thrust (6,000 lbf thrust)
USA
Reaction Motors Inc
XLR 11-RM-5 1947 1,434 km/h (891.07 mph)
USA
Charles “Chuck” Yeager
Bell X-1
November 6, 1947 181,437 kg (400,000 lb)
USA
Hughes Aircraft Co
H-4 Hercules 1948 1,540 km/h (957 mph)
USA
Charles Yeager
Bell X-1
March 26, 1948 19,507 m (64,000 ft)
USA
Charles Yeager
Bell X-1
May 26, 1948 2,740 kgf thrust (6,041 lbf thrust)
USSR
Klimov
Klimov VK-1 1949 37,165 km (23,093 miles)
USA
James Gallagher
Boeing B-50A
March 2, 1949 21,916 m (71,902 ft)
USA
Frank Everest
Bell X-1
August 8, 1949 2,948 kgf thrust (6,500 lbf thrust)
Great Britain
Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce Avon 100 1950 3,969 kgf thrust (8,750 lbf thrust)
USA
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney J48-P-5 1951 1,997 km/h (1,240.89 mph)
USA
William Bridgeman
Douglas D-558-2
August 7, 1951 24,230 m (79,494 ft)
USA
William Bridgeman
Douglas D-558-2
August 15, 1951 4,400 kgf thrust (9,700 lbf thrust)
USA
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney J57-P-3 1952 190,509 kg (420,000 lb)
USA
Boeing
B-52A Stratofortress 1953 2,655 km/h (1,650 mph)
USA
Charles Yeager
Bell X-1A
December 12, 1953 25,376 m (83,253 ft)
USA
Marion Carl
Douglas D-558-2
August 21, 1953 8,700 kgf thrust (19,181 lbf thrust)
USSR
Mikulin
Mikulin AM-3D 1954 27,566 m (90,440 ft)
USA
Arthur Murray
Bell X-1A
August 26, 1954 9,500 kgf thrust (20,945 lbf thrust)
USSR
Mikulin
Mikulin AM-3M 1955 10,000 kgf thrust (22,047 lbf thrust)
USSR
Lyulka
Lyulka AL-7F TRD-31 1956 3,370 km/h (2,094 mph)
USA
Milburn Apt
Bell X-2
September 27, 1956 38,376 m (125,907 ft)
USA
Iven Kincheloe
Bell X-2
September 7, 1956 204,117 kg (450,000 lb)
USA
Boeing
B-52C Stratofortress 1957 39,147 km (24,325 miles)
USA
Archie Old Jr
B-52B Stratofortress
January 18, 1957 12,251 kgf thrust (27,008 lbf thrust)
USSR
Lyulka
Lyulka AL-21F 1958 221,353 kg (488,000 lb)
USA
Boeing
B-52G Stratofortress 1959 1960 3,534 km/h (2,196 mph)
USA
Joseph Albert Walker
North American X-15
August 4, 1960 41,605 m (136,500 ft)
USA
Robert Michael White
North American X-15
August 12, 1960 1961 6,587 km/h (4,093 mph)
USA
Robert White
North American X-15
November 9, 1961 1962 6,605 km/h (4,104 mph)
USA
Joseph Walker
North American X-15
June 27, 1962 95,936 m (314,750 ft)
USA
Robert White
North American X-15
July 17, 1962 1963 107,960 m (354,200 ft)
USA
Joseph Albert Walker
North American X-15
August 22, 1963 1964 249,476 kg (550,000 lb)
USA
North American
XB-70A Valkyrie 14,742 kgf thrust (32,500 lbf thrust)
USA
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney JT11D-20B 1965 250,000 kg (551,147 lb)
USSR
Antonov
Antonov An-22 Anteus 1966 1967 7,297 km/h (4,534 mph)
USA
Pete Knight
North American X-15
October 3, 1967 1968 348,359 kg (768,000 lb)
USA
Lockheed
C-5A Galaxy 20,000 kgf thrust (44,095 lbf thrust)
USSR
Kuznetsov Design Bureau
Kuznetsov NK-144 1969 21,296 kgf thrust (46,950 lbf thrust)
USA
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7AW 1970 351,534 kg (775,000 lb)
USA
Boeing
Boeing 747-200B 1971 377,842 kg (833,000 lb)
USA
Boeing
Boeing 747-200F 22,861 kgf thrust (50,400 lbf thrust)
USA
General Electric
General Electric CF6-50C 1972 1973 23,496 kgf thrust (51,800 lbf thrust)
USA
General Electric
General Electric CF6-50E 1974 1975 1976 24,145 kgf thrust (53,230 lbf thrust)
USA
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney JT9D-59B 1977 1978 24,190 kgf thrust (53,330 lbf thrust)
USA
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7Q1 1979 1980 24,875 kgf thrust (54,840 lbf thrust)
USA
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7Q2 1981 1982 25,401 kgf thrust (56,000 lbf thrust)
USA
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7H1 1983 1984 1985 404,994 kg (892,859 lb)
USSR
Antonov
Antonov An-124 Condor 26,762 kgf thrust (59,000 lbf thrust)
USA
General Electric
General Electric CF6-80C2A1 1986 40,213 km (24,987 miles)
USA
Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager
Voyager
December 23, 1986^[1] 1987 27,896 kgf thrust (61,500 lbf thrust)
USA
General Electric
General Electric CF6-80C2A5 1988 1989 640,000 kg (1,410,958 lb)
USSR
Antonov
Antonov An-225 Mriya 1990 27,928 kgf thrust (61,570 lbf thrust)
USA
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney 4060A 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 112,000 m (367,454 ft)
USA
Brian Binnie
Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne
October 4, 2004^[2] 2005 41,467 km (25,766 miles)
USA
Steve Fossett
Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer
March 3, 2005^[3] 2006 2007