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.
X43A Scramjet - 7,500 mph. It is the world's fastest air breathing engine vehicle and is pilotless. The record was set on 11/16/2004 when the X-43A was launched by a booster rocket at 40,000 feet from a B-52. At an altitude of 110,000 feet it reached top speed for about 11 seconds, officially Mach 10.