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145 aircraft · Showing 1–24
Mach 1.8

AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo

First flight：1989TaiwanFighter · Multirole1980s-1990s: Stealth & Supercruise

Published specification

Taiwan's indigenous defence fighter — built in the 1990s when U.S. arms embargoes blocked F-16 sales. Still the backbone of Taiwan…

Mach 2.2

Atlas Cheetah

First flight：1986South AfricaFighter1980s-1990s: Stealth & Supercruise

Published specification

Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons The Atlas Cheetah is a South African fighter aircraft designed and produced by Atlas Aircraft…

Mach 3

AVIC WZ-8

First flight：Not publicly confirmedChinaReconnaissance2000s-Present: 5th & 6th Generation

Published specification

Overview📷 Photo: WZ-8 at Airshow China (Zhuhai) 2022, via Wikimedia CommonsThe AVIC WZ-8 (Wuzhen-8, 无侦-8) is an uncrewed, rocket-p…

Mach 1.9

Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow

First flight：1958CanadaExperimental · Interceptor1940s-1950s: Breaking the Sound Barrier

Published specification

Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow is one of aviation history's most legendary and controversial air…

Mach 1.0

Avro Vulcan

First flight：1952United KingdomBombercold-war

Published specification

Quick answer: The Avro Vulcan was a four-engine British delta-wing strategic bomber and one of the three V-bomber types that carri…

Mach 2.0

BAC TSR-2

First flight：1964United KingdomBombercold-war

Published specification

Quick answer: The BAC TSR-2 was a British prototype designed for high-speed, low-level tactical strike and reconnaissance. It firs…

Mach 2.5 · target

BAE Tempest / GCAP

First flight：Not publicly confirmedInternationalStealth2000s-Present: 5th & 6th Generation

Design target / estimate; not a demonstrated record

Overview 📷 Photo: Manufacturer / Public Release The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), originally known as Tempest, is a joint UK…

Mach 1.45

Bell X-1

First flight：1946United StatesExperimental1940s-1950s: Breaking the Sound Barrier

Reported flight result

Overview 📷 Photo: NASA The Bell X-1 was the first crewed aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in level flight. On October 14, 194…

Mach 3.2

Bell X-2 Starbuster

First flight：1955United StatesExperimental1940s-1950s: Breaking the Sound Barrier

Published specification

Overview 📷 Photo: NASA / Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) The Bell X-2 Starbuster was a rocket-powered swept-wing research aircra…

Mach 0.93

Bell X-5

First flight：1951United StatesExperimental1940s-1950s: Breaking the Sound Barrier

Published specification

The first aircraft to change its wing sweep angle in flight. Two prototypes flew in 1951, proving the concept that later gave us t…

Mach 2.5

Boeing F-15EX Eagle II

First flight：2021United StatesFighter · Multirole2000s-Present: 5th & 6th Generation

Published specification

The 2020s rebirth of the Eagle — more hardpoints than any tactical fighter in service, hypersonic-missile carriage, and the EPAWSS…

Mach 2.5 · target

Boeing F-47 NGAD

First flight：Not publicly confirmedUnited StatesStealth2000s-Present: 5th & 6th Generation

Design target / estimate; not a demonstrated record

Overview 📷 Photo: Manufacturer / Public Release The F-47, developed under the USAF's Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program,…

Mach 1.8

Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

First flight：1995United StatesFighter · Multirole1980s-1990s: Stealth & Supercruise

Published specification

Overview 📷 Photo: U.S. Navy / Public Domain The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is an American twin-engine, carrier-capable, multiro…

Mach 2.0

Boeing QF-16

First flight：2013United StatesExperimental2000s-Present: 5th & 6th Generation

Published specification

Overview📷 Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. J. Scott Wilcox (public domain)The Boeing QF-16 is an unmanned, remotely pilo…

Mach 1.6

Boeing X-32

First flight：2000United StatesExperimental · Fighter2000s-Present: 5th & 6th Generation

Published specification

Boeing's losing entry in the Joint Strike Fighter competition — a chin-intake delta-wing demonstrator that flew 1.6 Mach but lost…

Mach 0.5

Boeing X-36 Tailless Agility Research Aircraft

First flight：1997United StatesExperimental1980s-1990s: Stealth & Supercruise

Published specification

A 28%-scale unmanned demonstrator that proved a fighter without vertical or horizontal tails could outperform a conventional desig…

Mach 5.1

Boeing X-51A Waverider

First flight：2010United StatesExperimental2000s-Present: 5th & 6th Generation

Reported flight result

Overview 📷 Photo: NASA The Boeing X-51A Waverider was an uncrewed experimental aircraft built to test a hydrocarbon-fueled scramje…

Mach 1.7 · target

Boom Supersonic Overture

First flight：Not publicly confirmedUnited StatesAirliner2000s-Present: 5th & 6th Generation

Design target / estimate; not a demonstrated record

Overview 📷 Photo: Manufacturer / Public Release The Boom Overture is the most advanced supersonic airliner in development—aiming t…

Mach 2.0

Chengdu J-7

First flight：1966ChinaFightercold-war

Published specification

Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain The Chengdu J-7 (NATO reporting name: Fishcan) is a Chinese fighter aircraft d…

Mach 2.2

Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon

First flight：1998ChinaFighter1980s-1990s: Stealth & Supercruise

Published specification

Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons The J-10 'Vigorous Dragon' is China's indigenous fourth-generation multirole fighter, represen…

Mach 2.0

Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon

First flight：2011ChinaStealth2000s-Present: 5th & 6th Generation

Published specification

Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons The J-20 'Mighty Dragon' is China's fifth-generation stealth fighter, making China the second…

Mach 2.0 · target

Chengdu J-36

First flight：2024ChinaFighter · Stealth2000s-Present: 5th & 6th Generation

Design target / estimate; not a demonstrated record

Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons The Chengdu J-36 is a speculative designation given by military analysts to a revolutionary tr…

Mach 2.04

Concorde

First flight：1969France / United KingdomAirlinercold-war

Published specification

Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons Concorde remains the most successful supersonic transport in history—the only SST to achieve s…

Mach 2.0

Convair B-58 Hustler

First flight：1956United StatesBomber1940s-1950s: Breaking the Sound Barrier

Published specification

Overview 📷 Photo: U.S. Air Force The B-58 Hustler was the first operational supersonic bomber, capable of delivering nuclear weapo…

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