To: DUMBGRUNT
That’s ground speed. The jet stream is a wonderful thing.
2 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: Vaquero
ONE HECK’OF’A’STORM hitting Isles and west Europe.
12 posted on
02/09/2020 3:44:15 PM PST by
aumrl
(let's keep it real Conservatives)
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.
18 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: Vaquero
The jet stream is a wonderful thing.If you are flying west to east.
It would be interesting to see what the flying time from London to NYC was on the same day.
40 posted on
02/09/2020 4:28:35 PM PST by
FtrPilot
Of course arriving that early caused the passengers to wait on the tarmac for 2 hours
42 posted on
02/09/2020 4:31:40 PM PST by
dsrtsage
(Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
To: Vaquero
Unless you’re on the London-NYC flight at the same time, and it takes an extra hour to get to NYC.
59 posted on
02/09/2020 5:02:39 PM PST by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Vaquero
Unless you’re on the London-NYC flight at the same time, and it takes an extra hour to get to NYC.
60 posted on
02/09/2020 5:02:41 PM PST by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Vaquero
The speedometer on my Mustang actually is labeled, from the factory, “GROUND SPEED”. Somebody with a sense of humor snuck that by...
103 posted on
02/10/2020 10:45:26 AM PST by
HeadOn
(Love God. Lead your family. Be a man.)
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