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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	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6,350 kg (14,000 lb)
Great Britain
Handley Page Ltd
Handley Page 0/100	169 kW (227 hp)
France
Louis Renault
Renault 12A
12,129 kg (26,739 lb)
Germany
Staaken
R.VI	296 kW (296 hp)
France
Louis Renault
Renault 12F
12,955 kg (28,561 lb)
Germany
Staaken
R.VII	298 kW (400 hp)
USA
Packard & Hall Scott
Liberty
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
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
313 km/h (194.49 mph)
France
Joseph Sadi-Lecointe
Nieuport-Delage 29v
December 12, 1920
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
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
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
448 km/h (278.47 mph)
France
Florentine Bonnet
Bernard Ferbois V2
December 11, 1924	746 kW (1,000 hp)
Great Britain
Napier
Cub
5,396 km (3,352.92 miles)
France
Costes and Rignot
Breguet 19 GR
October 19, 1926
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
14,575 m (47,818 ft)
USSR
Vladimir Kokkinaki
Polikarpov TsKB-3 (I-15)
November 21, 1935
15,223 m (49,944 ft)
Great Britain
S.R. Swain
Bristol 138
September 28, 1936
16,440 m (53,937 ft)
Great Britain
MJ Adam
Bristol 138
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
3,969 kgf thrust (8,750 lbf thrust)
USA
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney J48-P-5
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
190,509 kg (420,000 lb)
USA
Boeing
B-52A Stratofortress
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
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
10,000 kgf thrust (22,047 lbf thrust)
USSR
Lyulka
Lyulka AL-7F TRD-31
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
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
221,353 kg (488,000 lb)
USA
Boeing
B-52G Stratofortress
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
6,587 km/h (4,093 mph)
USA
Robert White
North American X-15
November 9, 1961
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
107,960 m (354,200 ft)
USA
Joseph Albert Walker
North American X-15
August 22, 1963
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
250,000 kg (551,147 lb)
USSR
Antonov
Antonov An-22 Anteus
7,297 km/h (4,534 mph)
USA
Pete Knight
North American X-15
October 3, 1967
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
21,296 kgf thrust (46,950 lbf thrust)
USA
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7AW
351,534 kg (775,000 lb)
USA
Boeing
Boeing 747-200B
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
23,496 kgf thrust (51,800 lbf thrust)
USA
General Electric
General Electric CF6-50E
24,145 kgf thrust (53,230 lbf thrust)
USA
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney JT9D-59B
24,190 kgf thrust (53,330 lbf thrust)
USA
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7Q1
24,875 kgf thrust (54,840 lbf thrust)
USA
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7Q2
25,401 kgf thrust (56,000 lbf thrust)
USA
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7H1
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
40,213 km (24,987 miles)
USA
Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager
Voyager
December 23, 1986
27,896 kgf thrust (61,500 lbf thrust)
USA
General Electric
General Electric CF6-80C2A5
640,000 kg (1,410,958 lb)
USSR
Antonov
Antonov An-225 Mriya
27,928 kgf thrust (61,570 lbf thrust)
USA
Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney 4060A
112,000 m (367,454 ft)
USA
Brian Binnie
Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne
October 4, 2004
41,467 km (25,766 miles)
USA
Steve Fossett
Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer
March 3, 2005

References

Citations

Bibliography

Gunston, Bill (ed.): Chronicle of Aviation, Chronicle Communications Ltd., 1992, , pp. 48, 52, 58, 66, 78, 86, 96, 104, 112, 124, 134, 144, 154, 166, 176, 184, 192, 200, 210, 220, 228, 236, 250, 260, 270, 282, 292, 302, 312, 322, 332, 344, 354, 364, 376, 390, 400, 412, 424, 436, 450, 462, 472, 480, 488, 496, 506, 516, 524, 534, 542, 552, 562, 572, 582, 590, 600, 610, 620, 630, 640, 648, 658, 668, 680, 688, 698, 706, 716, 724, 734, 742, 750, 758, 766, 774, 782, 790, 798, 806, 812, 820, 826, 834, 842, 852.

References

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