Is the top one still the fastest?

There were warbirds at the small airport where I keep my Cessna not too long ago. There is NOTHING like the sound of that 12 cylinder Rolls Royce engine in a Mustang!

Quote: Originally posted by demograph68: Is the top one still the fastest? It's still the fastest ground-to-ground airplane but there have been two other planes the …

Quote: Originally posted by badidea: It's still the fastest ground-to-ground airplane but there have been two other planes the have been dropped from a carrier plane tha…

I suppose I'd better be a bit local here and go with this:

Quote: Originally posted by f1000: You forgot to mention NASA's recent scramjet flight, which was certainly less than 30 years ago. This one? http://www.nasa.gov/mis…

Quote: Originally posted by badidea: This one? http://www.nasa.gov/missions/research/f_scramjets.html Did they make a successful test yet? It's remote controlled, isn't…

Quote: Originally posted by f1000: You've been working too hard, badidea. They flew it twice, and the second time it nearly reached Mach 10. You're right, though, it's r…

This is my favorite warbird.

Fair enough. I've seen these fly by occasionally:

And you Brits: My uncle is one of the founding members of this museaum. (He is a WWII veteran pilot also) My Uncle Bill.

another one for the Brits: how could I forget the Harrier? I have seen one of them at the same airshow as the ME-109 and it was standing in the air right in front of me - I thoug…

Videos of the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter hovering, http://www.lockheedmartin.com/wms/fi...&ti= 0&sc=400 EDIT: I just noticed that the links were dead. Here's the origina…

A Constilation! What a gorgeous aircraft!

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OMG! A flying vacuum cleaner?

Awesome airplane pictures. They remind me of attending an air show on and Air Force Base.

World smallest piloted plane... I was floored when I saw it in AZ. But my all time favorite is A Grumman Goose If I every have enough money (and a license)...