List of birds by flight speed
This is a list of the fastest flying birds in the world. A bird's velocity is necessarily variable; a hunting bird will reach much greater speeds while diving to catch prey than when gliding. The bird with the greatest airspeed velocity is the Peregrine falcon, able to exceed 321.8 km/h (200 mph) in its hunting dives. The greatest self-powered horizontal speed is achieved by Homing Racing Pigeons. They can fly 1100 km (700 miles) in a single day, and they have been recorded flying at 177 km/h (110 miles per hour), making them the birds with the fastest speed ever recorded on a self-powered flight, and the fastest endurance flight.
Zipline International
On April 3, 2018, Zipline announced their next generation drone named the Zip 2, and what is claimed to be the fastest commercial delivery drone on the planet. The new drone, is again a fixed wing style autonomous airplane is capable of flying at a speed of up to , and a cruising speed of . According to Zipline, overall the new craft is faster than previous generation aircraft. The new aircraft also has a range of round trip and carries up to of cargo. The drone can also fly in high altitude, heavy rain, or wind. The new drone is part of a complete redesign of the company's logistics system, which aims to dramatically improve capabilities and decrease the amount of time between receiving an order and the launch of a fulfillment flight from 10 minutes to 1, and also increase the number of daily Zipline flights from the distribution center from 50 to 500, whilst also dramatically expanding the radius each distribution center could serve.