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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.
LINK
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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 10:25 am to OysterPoBoy
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Those poor SOBs going the other way.
It also arrived early.. LINK
ETA: It was a longer flight though.
London to DC: 8 hr 7 mins @ 560mph
DC to London: 6 hr 40 mins @ 552mph
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 10:39 am
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:28 am to Chad504boy
good one, mate 
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:28 am to djmed
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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 10:31 am to JimTiger72
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It also arrived early
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:33 am to OysterPoBoy
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Those poor SOBs going the other way.
That was my first thought as well. Hopefully they found a flt level with lower wind speeds.
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 10:42 am to tide06
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Wonder what the airframe is rated for?
Guess it wasn't a Boeing
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:43 am to tide06
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Wonder what the airframe is rated for?
Don't believe this is relevant.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:52 am to tide06
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Wonder what the airframe is rated for?
When you are riding a 200 mph tide out in your boat does it matter if your hull isn’t rated for 240 mph?
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 10:56 am
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.
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