With a top speed of 2,200 mph, it remains the fastest aircraft propelled by air-breathing engines ever built. Design innovations abounded, including a titanium outer skin to protect the internal ...
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The F-104 Starfighter, the first operational aircraft to sustain Mach 2 speed in flight. The SR-71 Blackbird, still the fastest air-breathing aircraft ever built (even though she’s officially ...