Flight airspeed record
Timeline
Records in "gray" font color are unofficial, including unconfirmed or unpublicized (wartime) secrets.

Flight airspeed record

Section Title: Timeline
Table Section Text: Records in "gray" font color are unofficial, including unconfirmed or unpublicized (wartime) secrets.

Date	Pilot	Airspeed	Location	Notes

mph	km/h	Aircraft

17 December 1903	Wilbur Wright	6.82	10.98	Wright Flyer	Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA	This figure is groundspeed, not airspeed. The Wrights' first flight covered 852 feet and lasted 59 seconds but launched into a steady on-shore wind.

5 October 1905	Wilbur Wright	37.85	60.23	Wright Flyer III	Huffman Prairie, Ohio, USA

12 November 1906	Alberto Santos-Dumont	25.65	41.292	Santos-Dumont 14-bis	Bagatelle Castle, Paris, France	First officially recognized airspeed record.

26 October 1907	Henry Farman	32.73	52.700	Voisin-Farman I	Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

25 May 1909	Paul Tissandier	34.04	54.810	Wright Model A	Pau, France

23 August 1909	Glenn Curtiss	44.367	69.821	Curtiss No. 2	Reims, France	1909 Gordon Bennett Cup.

24 August 1909	Louis Blériot	46.160	74.318	Blériot XI	Reims, France

28 August 1909	Louis Blériot	47.823	76.995	Blériot XI	Reims, France

23 April 1910	Hubert Latham	48.186	77.579	Antoinette VII	Nice, France

10 July 1910	Léon Morane	66.154	106.508	Blériot	Reims, France

29 October 1910	Alfred Leblanc	68.171	109.756	Blériot XI	New York, New York, USA

12 April 1911	Alfred Leblanc	69.442	111.801	Blériot Blériot	Pau, France

11 May 1911	Édouard Nieuport	73.385	119.760	Nieuport IIN	Châlons, France

12 June 1911	Alfred Leblanc	77.640	125.000	Blériot

16 June 1911	Édouard Nieuport	80.781	130.057	Nieuport IIN	Châlons, France

21 June 1911	Édouard Nieuport	82.693	133.136	Nieuport IIN	Châlons, France

13 January 1912	Jules Védrines	87.68	145.161	Deperdussin Monocoque (1912)	Pau, France

22 February 1912	Jules Védrines	100.18	161.290	Deperdussin monoplane	Pau, France

29 February 1912	Jules Védrines	100.90	162.454	Deperdussin Monocoque	Pau, France

1 March 1912	Jules Védrines	103.62	166.821	Deperdussin Monocoque	Pau, France

2 March 1912	Jules Védrines	104.29	167.910	Deperdussin Monocoque	Pau, France

13 July 1912	Jules Védrines	106.07	170.777	Deperdussin Monocoque	Reims, France

9 September 1912	Jules Védrines	108.14	174.100	Kanav Wason (1912)	Chicago, Illinois, USA

17 June 1913	Maurice Prévost	111.69	179.820	Deperdussin Monocoque (1913)	Reims, France

27 September 1913	Maurice Prévost	119.19	191.897	Deperdussin Monocoque (1913)	Reims, France

29 September 1913	Maurice Prévost	126.61	203.850	Deperdussin Monocoque (1913)	Reims, France

1914	Norman Spratt	134.5	216.5	Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4	Unofficial

August 1918	Roland Rohlfs	163	262.3	Curtiss Wasp	Not officially recognised.

1919	Joseph Sadi-Lecointe	191.1	307.5	Nieuport-Delage NiD 29V	Not officially recognised.

7 February 1920	Joseph Sadi-Lecointe	171.0	275.264	Nieuport-Delage NiD 29V	Villacoublay, France.	First official record post World War 1.

28 February 1920	Jean Casale	176.1	283.464	Spad-Herbemont 20 bis	Villacoublay, France

9 October 1920	Bernard de Romanet	181.8	292.682	Spad-Herbemont 20 bis	Buc, France

10 October 1920	Joseph Sadi-Lecointe	184.3	296.694	Nieuport-Delage NiD 29V	Buc, France

20 October 1920	Joseph Sadi-Lecointe	187.9	302.529	Nieuport-Delage NiD 29V	Villacoublay, France

4 November 1920	Bernard de Romanet	191.9	309.012	SPAD S.XX	Buc, France

12 December 1920	Joseph Sadi-Lecointe	194.4	313.043	Nieuport-Delage NiD 29V	Villacoublay, France

26 September 1921	Joseph Sadi-Lecointe	205.2	330.275	Nieuport-Delage Sesquiplan	Ville Sauvage, France

13 October 1922	Billy Mitchell	222.88	358.836	Curtiss R	Detroit, Michigan, USA

18 October 1922	Billy Mitchell	224.28	360.93	Curtiss R-6	Selfridge Field, Detroit, Michigan, USA

15 February 1923	Joseph Sadi-Lecointe	232.91	375.00	Nieuport-Delage NiD 42S	Istres, France

29 March 1923	1st Lt. Russell L. Maughan	236.587	380.74	Curtiss R-6	Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, USA

2 November 1923	Lt. Harold J. Brow	259.16	417.07	Curtiss R2C-1	Mineola, New York, USA

4 November 1923	Lt. Alford J. Williams	266.59	429.02	Curtiss R2C-1	Mineola, New York, USA

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, Italy	Database ID 11828

30 March 1928	Mario de Bernardi	318.620	512.776	Macchi M.52bis seaplane	Venice, Italy	Database ID 11827

August 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, UK	Database ID 11829

12 September 1929	Augustus Orlebar	357.7	575.5	Supermarine S.6 seaplane	Calshot, UK	Database ID 11830

13 September 1931	George H. Stainforth	407.5	655.8	Supermarine S.6B seaplane	Lee-on-the-Solent, UK	Database ID 11831

10 April 1933	Francesco Agello	423.6	682.078	Macchi M.C.72 seaplane	Desenzano del Garda, Italy	Database ID 11836

23 October 1934	Francesco Agello	440.5	709.209	Macchi M.C.72 seaplane	Desenzano del Garda, Italy	Database ID 4497, current piston-engined seaplane speed record.

13 September 1935	Howard Hughes	354.4	567.12	Hughes H-1 Racer landplane	Santa Ana, CA (USA)	FAI Database ID 8748

11 November 1937	Dr.Hermann Wurster	379.63	610.95	Bf 109 V13 landplane	Augsburg, Germany	FAI Database ID 8747

30 March 1939	Hans Dieterle	466.6	746.60	He 100 V8	Oranienburg (Germany)	FAI Database ID 8744

26 April 1939	Fritz Wendel	469.220	755.138	Me 209 V1	Augsburg, Germany	Piston-engined record until 1969

2 October 1941	Heini Dittmar	623.65	1003.67	Messerschmitt Me 163A V4	Peenemünde-West, Germany	Rocket powered – World War II secret, not an Official FAI record but over the 3 km FAI distance

1944	Heinz Herlitzius	624	1004	Messerschmitt Me 262 S2	Leipheim, Germany	World War II secret, not an Official FAI record

6 July 1944	Heini Dittmar	702	1130	Messerschmitt Me 163B V18	Lagerlechfeld, Germany	Rocket powered – World War II secret, not an Official FAI record

7 November 1945	H. J. Wilson	606.4	975.9	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4	Herne Bay, UK	EE454 Britannia, first official record post World War II.

7 September 1946	Edward Mortlock Donaldson	615.78	990.79	Gloster Meteor F Mk 4	Littlehampton, UK	EE530, a long-span Mk 4.

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	First record flight to exceed secret October 1941 Me 163A V4 figure

25 August 1947	Major Marion Eugene Carl USMC	650.796	1047.356	Douglas Skystreak	Muroc, California, US

14 October 1947	Chuck Yeager	670.0	1078	Bell X-1 (flight #50)	Muroc, California, US	Rocket powered – Cold War secret, not an official FAI C-1 record

6 November 1947	Chuck Yeager	891.0	1434	Bell X-1 (flight #58)	Muroc, California, US	Rocket powered – Cold War secret, not an official FAI C-1 record, first record to exceed secret July 1944 Me 163B V18 figure

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

16 July 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 Mk.3	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

29 October 1953	Frank K. Everest USAF	755.1	1,215.3	North American F-100 Super Sabre	Salton Sea, US

20 August 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

12 December 1957	USAF	1,207.6	1,943.5	McDonnell F-101A Voodoo	Edwards Air Force Base, US

18 May 1958	Capt. WW Irwin, USAF	1,404	2,259.5	Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter	Edwards Air Force Base, US

14 Sept 1958	Test Pilot Janusz Żurakowski	1,450.1	2,333.8	CF-105 Avro Arrow	Malton, ON, Canada

31 October 1959	Col. Georgi Mosolov	1,484	2,388	Ye-6/3, a.k.a. Ye-66 (Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21)	USSR

15 December 1959	Maj. Joseph Rogers, USAF	1,525.9	2,455.7	Convair F-106 Delta Dart	Edwards Air Force Base, US	The record should have gone to Charles Myers, who flew a Delta Dart at 1544 mph in 1959, but Cold War pressures dictated that the award should go to a military pilot.

22 November 1961	Robert B. Robinson, US Navy	1,606.3	2,585.1	McDonnell-Douglas F4H-1F Phantom II	Edwards Air Force Base, US

7 July 1962	Col. Georgi Mosolov	1,665.9	2,681	Mikoyan Gurevich Ye-166 – name adopted for the record attempt, originally a version of a Ye-152	USSR	a.k.a. E-166.

12 January 1966	Alvin S. White and Carl Cross	2,020	3,250	North American XB-70	Edwards AFB, US

1 May 1965	Robert L. Stephens and Daniel Andre	2,070.1	3,331.5	Lockheed YF-12A	Edwards AFB, US

28 July 1976	then-Capt. Eldon W. Joersz (P) and then-Maj. George T. Morgan Jr. (RSO)	2,193.2	3,529.6	Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird #61-7958	Beale AFB, US

Sentence(s)

The speed record for a seaplane moved by piston engine is 709.209 km/h, from the seaplane Macchi-Castoldi M.C.72, attained on 23 October 1934, by Francesco Agello.

final_sentence: The speed record for a seaplane moved by piston engine is 709.209 km/h, from the seaplane Macchi-Castoldi M.C.72, attained on 23 October 1934, by Francesco Agello.