Other than spacecraft, aircraft are the fastest vehicles, leaving cars and bikes for dust. We take a look at the ten fastest planes ever flown. Though some uncrewed aircraft (like the X-43) have flown ...

The Gulfstream G550 is seriously fast, but newer aircraft from Bombardier, Gulfstream, and Dassault are faster, with some approaching the speed of sound.

They call it the Global 8000 and, by all intents and purposes, it’s also the fastest civilian aircraft since the Concorde. It can’t seat as many people as the European supersonic airliner, nor does it ...