N Joe, good link to the fastest aircraft, whether substantiated figures or surfing spotters.
<pedant mode on> I note the following text above the #1 entry - "the Helios satellite obriting the sun travels at Mach 227.3. Keep in mind these are spacecraft and not aircraft."
<pedant mode on> ......and there was me thinking that Mach was a measure relative to the local speed of sound - in space no one can hear you scream!!!! <pedant mode off>
#22 "only" at 43,635ft?
#45 Nimrod 2000 - oh dear.
What position would Typhoon, F-35 and the B-2 take
Fastest prop driven aircraft - Bear?
Where's Aurora !!