Aircraft records

This article gives yearly aviation records under 5 headings: airspeed, range, ceiling, gross take-off weight, and engine power.

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 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
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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

References

Citations

1. "FAI Record ID #8389 - Distance, C-1e (Landplanes: take off weight 3 000 to 6 000 kg) Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine" Distance over a closed course Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). Retrieved: 21 September 2014.
2. "FAI Record ID #9881 - Altitude above the earth's surface with or without maneuvres of the aerospacecraft, Class P-1 (Suborbital missions) Archived 2015-10-18 at the Wayback Machine" Mass Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Time Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). Retrieved: 21 September 2014.
3. "FAI Record ID #13081 - Distance, C-Powered Aeroplanes (Absolute Record of classes C, H and M) Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine" Class-specific Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). Retrieved: 21 September 2014.

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