Matlins is the author of Diamonds: The Antoinette Matlins Buying Guide and Engagement & Wedding Rings: The Definitive Buying Guide for People in Love among other titles.
The Russian Tu-95MC strategic bomber is the worldâs fastest turboprop aircraft. These are the Russian planes reported to have flown into US air space near California in recent news. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/06/us-usa-russia-asiapac-idUSBREA4501M20140506. Supplies, Russian Equipment.
Tupolev Tu-114 Fastest Turboprop passenger aircraft- 545.07 mph still standing world speed record set on April 9, 1960. It was deployed with Aeroflot Russian Airlines in 1961 and retired in 1975. F-8F Bearcat Fastest single piston engine aircraft - 528 mph on 8/21/89. No other piston engine fighter planes were built by Grumman after the Bearcat. Me-209 469 mph world speed record on 4/26/39 that stood for some 30 years. The German built aircraft were produced as expeimental racers.