The shortest distance between two points is a great circle! That on the other hand is a really great circle! I think the fastest groundspeed I’ve seen on the Jet I fly is about 680 kn. I fly much faster jet than any airbus (ick) by the way. Just never saw those kinds of when’s well I’ve been out
Climate change causing more intense Jet Streams. Airline fuel savings increase!
Siri must have said, ‘turn right at the next latitude’ instead of, ‘keep straight’.
Other than getting the direction of the jetstream mixed up, not a bad article.
I recently stumbled across ventusky.com, a great weather map. You can look at temperatures or wind speeds at various altitudes. Zoom out for a world view and take a look at the winds at 9000 meters altitude. It’s impressive with winds topping 100 mph. The other day I found some patches at over 200 mph and that’s just the jet stream, not storm related.
If flight got there at same time, what’s the point? Same time, same fuel, longer distance. Nice views though. ?
FWIW, Don’t EVAH fly Turkish Airlines.
At one time they were the most dangerous airline in the world.
In the ‘60s I had a TA flight from Istanbul to Izmir, with a Muslim woman holding a goat on her lap.
I kid you not!
Not surprising. About two years ago I took a Delta flight from Sacramento to Atlanta that left about and hour and a half late but arrived on time due to jet stream and throttles that were opened a bit farther than usual.
Doesn’t the Jet Stream flow west to east, the article mentioned east to west.