Blackbird Records

Altitude in Horizontal Flight

• Date: 28 July 1976
• Crew: Capt. Robert C. Helt and Maj. Larry A. Elliott
• Altitude: 85,068.997 feet

Speed Over a Straight Course

• Date: 28 July 1976
• Crew: Capt. Eldon W. Joersz and Maj. George T. Morgan
• Average Speed: 2,193.167 mph

Speed Over a Closed Course

• Date: 27 July 1976
• Crew: Maj. Adolphus H. Bledsoe, Jr. and Maj. John T. Fuller
• Distance: 1,000 km
• Average Speed: 2,092.294 mph

Speed Over a Recognized Course: New York to London

• Date: 1 September 1974
• Crew: Maj. James V. Sullivan and Maj Noel F. Widdifield
• Distance: 3,461.53 miles
• Time: 1 hour, 54 minutes, 56.4 seconds
• Average Speed: 1,806.964 mph

Speed Over a Recognized Course: London to Los Angeles

• Date: 13 September 1974
• Crew: Capt. Harold B. Adams and Capt. William C. Machorek
• Distance: 5,446.87 miles
• Time: 3 hours, 47 minutes, 39 seconds
• Average Speed: 1,435.587 mph

Speed Over a Recognized Course: West Coast to East Coast

• Date: 6 March 1990
• Crew: Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding and Lt. Col. J.T. Vida
• Distance: 2,404.05 miles
• Time: 1 hour, 7 minutes, 53.69 seconds
• Average Speed: 2,124.51 mph

Speed Over a Recognized Course: Los Angeles to Washington, D.C.

• Date: 6 March 1990
• Crew: Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding and Lt. Col. J.T. Vida
• Distance: 2,299.67 miles
• Time: 1 hour, 4 minutes, 19.89 seconds
• Average Speed: 2,144.83 mph

Speed Over a Recognized Course: Kansas City to Washington, D.C.

• Date: 6 March 1990
• Crew: Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding and Lt. Col. J.T. Vida
• Distance: 942.08 miles
• Time: 25 minutes, 58.53 seconds
• Average Speed: 2,176.08 mph

Speed Over a Recognized Course: St. Louis to Cincinnati

• Date: 6 March 1990
• Crew: Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding and Lt. Col. J.T. Vida
• Distance: 311.44 miles
• Time: 8 minutes, 31.97 seconds
• Average Speed: 2,189.94 mph

Special thanks to Ed Yeilding for providing additions and minor corrections.
This page was last modified on 2 October 2011.