You may be surprised to learn that work on the youngest aircraft in this list started in the 1980s, and that most were designed in the 1960s. One of the aircraft is rarely mentioned or ranked so ...

From the Me 262 to late-war Spitfires and Mustangs, this list ranks WWII’s quickest combat-ready aircraft by top speed and real-world impact—skipping pure prototypes and rocket interceptors—to ...

The world’s fastest civilian aircraft has received European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification. Developed by Bombardier, the Global 8000 business jet is the fastest civilian aircraft ...

The rather short-lived Concorde has set the standard for speed when it comes to civilian aircraft. With a maximum cruise speed of Mach 2.04 (1,350 mph/2,179 kph) at an altitude of 60,000 feet (18,288 ...