re: 2 passenger planes surpassed 800 mph on recent flights with strong winds

I have done this a couple times over the Atlantic on the big planes.

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Those poor SOBs going the other way.

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exactly....that would suck and forsure be me with a short connection.

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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"

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They only had 6 hours to let the gate know they were arriving early.

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.

the pilot had diarrhea so was in a hurry

200+ mph tailwind, 800+ mph total and only 20 min early?

Guessing they had all kinds of fricking delays, late departure.