...the fastest time from NYC to London was set by the engineering marvel, Concorde. The aircraft's top commercial flight hit speeds of 1,350 mph and accomplished the route in just two hours, 52 minutes and 59 seconds.
BS -- the SR-71 flew it in 1 hour, 54 minutes, 56.4 seconds -- and that was with one (unnecessary) midflight refueling.
I saw a show on one of the history type channels where an SR-71 pilot told of flying over Libya. He said his missile detector lit up. I think he said it was his first time ever but he opened the throttles wide open.
The plane just kept getting faster and faster and seemed to like it. He left the missiles behind and before he realized it he was half way to Sicily and had to slow down.