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British Airways Boeing 747 Hits a Record 825 MPH During NYC-London Trip
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| 9 Feb 2020
| CALEB JACOBS
Posted on 02/09/2020 3:27:05 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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The old bird still has a lot of life.
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posted on
02/09/2020 3:27:05 PM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
Thats ground speed. The jet stream is a wonderful thing.
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posted on
02/09/2020 3:34:17 PM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Once when flying from Tulsa to Atlanta, the pilot came on the speaker and said we would arrive on time despite leaving late.
He said there was a tail wind and it was really blowing. I guess it does make a difference.
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posted on
02/09/2020 3:35:59 PM PST
by
yarddog
( For I am persuaded.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Four hours 56 minutes isn’t “just over 4 hours.” It’s more like “just about 5 hours.”
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posted on
02/09/2020 3:39:18 PM PST
by
plsvn
To: DUMBGRUNT
In my earlier corporate days, when I was traveling 80-90% of the time for work reasons..I accumulated over 1,000,000 Frequent Flyer miles..
I used 300,000 for two round trip Concorde Tickets, my wife and I flew NYC to London at a top speed of Mach 2....pretty cool...
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posted on
02/09/2020 3:39:38 PM PST
by
srmanuel
To: DUMBGRUNT
That was one hell of a tail wind..
To: DUMBGRUNT
I rode on a 747 to and from the middle east. I liked that plane ride.
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posted on
02/09/2020 3:41:50 PM PST
by
Redcitizen
("There's no replacement for shot placement" - Paul Harrell)
To: DUMBGRUNT
747 is still setting records.
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posted on
02/09/2020 3:42:14 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: DUMBGRUNT
On a good day, even an old 747 can be a Concorde junior
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posted on
02/09/2020 3:42:18 PM PST
by
Oscar in Batangas
(January 20, 2017, High Noon. The end of an error.)
To: srmanuel
I used 300,000 for two round trip Concorde Tickets, my wife and I flew NYC to London at a top speed of Mach 2....pretty cool...
Totally cool!
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
02/09/2020 3:43:27 PM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: Vaquero
ONE HECK’OF’A’STORM hitting Isles and west Europe.
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posted on
02/09/2020 3:44:15 PM PST
by
aumrl
(let's keep it real Conservatives)
To: DUMBGRUNT
One of my favorite flights was taking a Diamond aircraft around Mt Evens in Colorado. Coming down the front range we hit a ground speed of 205 kts. For a bird designed to do about 140 kts, that was fun.
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posted on
02/09/2020 3:45:16 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(Arm Up! They Have!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Was there any ground reference to the ground speed?
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posted on
02/09/2020 3:45:38 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(Arm Up! They Have!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
how incredible it is to get across the Atlantic in just over four hours.No. Fake news.
four hours and 56 minutes is fractionally under 5 hours, not "just over 4 hours". Caleb's engaging in some intellectual dishonesty here. A fiction writer might prefer the term 'poetic license', however.
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posted on
02/09/2020 3:46:22 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: CodeToad
To: DUMBGRUNT
Betting the return was a tad slower.✈🚣
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posted on
02/09/2020 3:50:46 PM PST
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Vaquero
Unless it is a headwind.
Recall watching some little spotter type plane in SE Asia take off into a stiff wind. Hardly started rolling before rising up like an elevator, almost no forward progress.
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posted on
02/09/2020 3:50:58 PM PST
by
doorgunner69
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
To: DUMBGRUNT
They had a record going 825 mph?
I wonder if it was my old Herb Alpert record?
I thought my buddy Leroy took it.
Whipped Cream And Other Delights
He was in love with the lady on the album cover.
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posted on
02/09/2020 3:53:09 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
02/09/2020 4:01:10 PM PST
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them)
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