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2 passenger planes surpassed 800 mph on recent flights with strong winds
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:19 am
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:19 am
holy crap winds reached speeds of 265 mph.
2 passenger planes surpassed 800 mph on recent flights with strong winds. That's over 200 mph as fast as a typical plane ride.
On Saturday, two flights arrived at their destinations early.
A Virgin Atlantic flight from Washington, DC, to London landed 45 minutes ahead of schedule. Meanwhile, a United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, arrived in Lisbon 20 minutes early.
The passengers have strong winds to thank for that.
High-altitude winds over the mid-Atlantic helped the planes surpass speeds of 800 mph, The Washington Post reported.
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2 passenger planes surpassed 800 mph on recent flights with strong winds. That's over 200 mph as fast as a typical plane ride.
On Saturday, two flights arrived at their destinations early.
A Virgin Atlantic flight from Washington, DC, to London landed 45 minutes ahead of schedule. Meanwhile, a United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, arrived in Lisbon 20 minutes early.
The passengers have strong winds to thank for that.
High-altitude winds over the mid-Atlantic helped the planes surpass speeds of 800 mph, The Washington Post reported.
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:20 am to djmed
Those poor SOBs going the other way.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:20 am to djmed
Guess we're waiting for the westbound planes to land to determine how slow their flights were
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:22 am to djmed
the planes had more gas upon landing than when they took off.
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 10:47 am
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:23 am to djmed
That damn climate change again
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:28 am to djmed
quote:
800 mph
*Ground speed
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:30 am to djmed
Wonder what the airframe is rated for?
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:30 am to djmed
"good evening passengars thanks for flying Virgin. Although we are 45 minutes early, the gate is not yet prepared so we will be sitting on the ramp for 45 minutes but please stay in your seats with seatbelts fastened, no restrooms available either"
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:39 am to djmed
These planes aren't bolted together well enough for normal speeds much less 200MPH faster.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:40 am to djmed
Recent flight from IAH to MSP was at least 30 minutes ahead of schedule since we were doing 750+ ground speed with a nice tailwind. Kept trying to think of the speed for Mach 1 (I’ve always thought 768 mph) since we were fairly close.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:59 am to djmed
Took a flight from Atlanta to Copenhagen once. We got there about 1.5 hours early because of tailwinds. Because we got there so early, there was no one in customs to let us in. Some janitor just shrugged and waved us on in.
Yes, this was before 9/11.
Yes, this was before 9/11.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:01 am to djmed
I wasn’t on either of those flights but my flight definitely benefited from that jet stream on Sunday. I flew to Amsterdam from Atlanta for work and we arrived an hour earlier than scheduled. We were hauling arse.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 11:05 am to djmed
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2 passenger planes surpassed 800 mph on recent flights
At those speeds the planes practically produced jet fuel.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:29 pm to djmed
I have done this a couple times over the Atlantic on the big planes.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 1:01 pm to djmed
Those inside the plane videos look rough a lot of bouncing around
Posted on 2/20/24 at 1:11 pm to djmed
Posted on 2/20/24 at 1:46 pm to djmed
I took flights to CDG from Pittsburgh a couple of times. It was in a 757 - the only narrow body I’ve ever flown over the Atlantic. Delta retired the flight a few years later and I think BA picked up a flight to Heathrow on a Dreamliner since.
On days like that with a strong head wind on the return, I bet the trip back to CDG is next to impossible on that 757.
On days like that with a strong head wind on the return, I bet the trip back to CDG is next to impossible on that 757.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 1:57 pm to djmed
the pilot had diarrhea so was in a hurry
Posted on 2/20/24 at 2:01 pm to djmed
Always a welcome sight when you have had a long hitch offshore and you are ready to go home.
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[/img] Posted on 2/20/24 at 2:13 pm to djmed
200+ mph tailwind, 800+ mph total and only 20 min early?
Guessing they had all kinds of fricking delays, late departure.
Guessing they had all kinds of fricking delays, late departure.
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