The fastest manned aircraft is, on paper, the SR-71 blackbird.When was the speed record set, you wonder? 1976
Yes, the fastest manned plane, of All Time, was built in the 60's and the record was set 42 years ago.
If that is not one of the most laughable presented "facts" of all time, I do not know what is.
Simply step back and look at humans and humanity as a whole.
One could equate us to a technological caterpillar. What we do is create. We produce and build. Then we build bigger, faster, more efficient. Not only that but as the technology increases, the rate of progress increases along with it (50/50 on this - there are always various points of diminishing return).
Here's an example of what I refer to, using automobiles to make my point:
Top Speed / Vehicle
- 1946 105mph / Healey Elliot
- 1955 140mph / Mercedes Benz 300SL
- 1965 158mph / Ferrari 500 Superfast /
- 1975 179mph / Lamborghini Countach LP400
- 1985 197mph / Porsche 959
- 1995 251mph / Dauer 962 Le Mans
- 2005 254mph / Bugatti Veyron 16.4
- 2015 270mph / Hennessey Venom GT
- 2017 278mph / Koenigsegg Agera RS
Tallest buildings / Height
- 1908–1909 0,612 ft Singer Building
- 1909–1930 0,792 ft Woolworth Building
- 1930–1931 1,046 ft Chrysler Building
- 1931–1971 1,250 ft Empire State Building
- 1971–1973 1,368 ft World Trade Center
- 1973–1998 1,450 ft Sears Tower
- 1998–2004 1,483 ft Petronas Towers
- 2004–2010 1,671 ft Taipei 101
- 2010–Now 2,717 ft Burj Khalifa
And yet, I repeat...(purportedly) the fastest manned aircraft was created in the mid 60's.
The notion that we do not yet have the ability to cancel (altogether I suspect, but at minimum, partially) the effects of gravity is absurd. (yes I realize how obnoxiously stupid this will sound to most). There are various patents that essentially intimate this and those merely consist of publicly available data, one can only imagine the information that classified (and much higher than standard "classified" status) data consists of.
Imagine what other massively impacting technology (unrelated to planes/flying) has been repressed. If some (more efficient) option was available that could replace gasoline yet would be less profitable and possibly cause an economic crisis...do you really think the knowledge would be presented to the public? (If it was first discovered/controlled by the military industrial complex)
Oh, I don't think so...
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