Faster than 2,000 kph

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http://www.antcrc.utas.edu.au/~jason...v2_rocket.html

"The V2 was the worlds first operational long range ballistic
missile and was first deployed in September 1944. It had a range
of 200 miles and rose to a height of 35 miles travelling at 3300
mph (5,280 kph), dropping to 1800 mph (2,880 kph) by the time it
impacted."

http://www.edwards.af.mil/history/do...ilestones.html

"November 22, 1961 - Marine pilot Lt. Col. R.B. Robinson
established a new official world absolute speed record at Edwards
when he piloted a McDonnell F4H-1 (original designation of the
F-4 Phantom II) to an average speed of 1,606.505 mph [2,570 kph]".

"October 3, 1967 - AFFTC test pilot Maj. William J. "Pete" Knight
piloted the modified X-15A-2 to a speed of Mach 6.7 (4,520 mph
[7,232 kph]) and thereby recorded the top speed achieved in the
X-15 program. The speed attained on this flight remains, to this
day, the fastest that anyone has ever flown in an airplane."

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/modern_flight/mf35.htm

"On July 28, 1976, an SR-71 set two world records for its class:
an absolute speed record of 2,193.167 miles per hour [3,509 kph]
and an absolute altitude record of 85,068.997 feet."

Ed Cannon - - Austin, Texas, USA
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