British Airways Sets Speed Record
Feb 11, 2020 06:23:31 #
With an estimated ground speed of 825 MPH, a British Airways 747 set a New York-London record of 4 hrs 56 minutes, thanks to a 260 MPH jet stream. Several other planes also flew that route in under five hours, but BA was the fastest. I don't know if you'll be able to read the article below, but Google will find a similar article for you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/02/09/british-air-record-flight-speed-atlantic/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/02/09/british-air-record-flight-speed-atlantic/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most
Feb 11, 2020 07:20:12 #
I have flied to Europe from Miami and it has been murder due to the many hours on the plane. From NY Europe is 2-1/2 hours less than from here but having a plane to take you there in only 4 hours is a godsend.
Feb 11, 2020 07:55:15 #
Feb 11, 2020 09:50:00 #
I didn't read the article but I believe it meant, sub sonic record. The Concord use to make that trip in under three and a half hours, so British Airways already held the record.
Feb 11, 2020 23:52:52 #
therwol
Loc: USA
camerapapi wrote:
I have flied to Europe from Miami and it has been murder due to the many hours on the plane. From NY Europe is 2-1/2 hours less than from here but having a plane to take you there in only 4 hours is a godsend.
Try flying to Heathrow from California. 9-10 hours going and an extra hour coming back (flying against the wind). I find it to be torture but necessary to get there. I feel pretty horrible for a few days after such travel with the time change factored in. People flying across the Pacific have even longer flight times.
Feb 12, 2020 09:42:41 #
When I went to South Africa two years ago I took the Delta non-stop from Atlanta to Johannesburg. As we turned East towards the mainland out over the South Atlantic the tailwind indicator was 225+ MPH and the ground speed indicator was 700 to 800 MPH. You wouldn't guess it from inside - I would not want to be flying against those winds. On the flight back they headed north over land for quite a distance - probably to avoid such winds.
I flew from Tokyo to San Francisco once when there was a typhoon in the Pacific near Japan. We had tailwinds of 225 MPH for several hours. It was a much shortened trans-pacific flight.
I flew from Tokyo to San Francisco once when there was a typhoon in the Pacific near Japan. We had tailwinds of 225 MPH for several hours. It was a much shortened trans-pacific flight.
Feb 12, 2020 10:02:34 #
jerryc41 wrote:
With an estimated ground speed of 825 MPH, a Briti... (show quote)
Years ago, The SR 71 flew New York to London in 1 hour and 56 minutes.
Feb 12, 2020 11:02:37 #
We will be able to beat that record when the day comes that we can travel to Saturn for the surface winds there exceed 1,000 miles per hour! Now that's a real Jet Stream.
Feb 12, 2020 12:46:56 #
kerry12 wrote:
Years ago, The SR 71 flew New York to London in 1 hour and 56 minutes.
Last flight of the 71 set another cross country record from LA to Washington, D.C. for display in the musem... 64 minutes
Feb 12, 2020 13:16:23 #
Feb 12, 2020 14:15:28 #
I can remember back when you could travel only on a boat, no airplanes, and that was around seven to nine days.
Feb 12, 2020 22:39:50 #
Feb 12, 2020 22:59:19 #
scooter1
Loc: Yacolt, Wa.
sr71 wrote:
Last flight of the 71 set another cross country record from LA to Washington, D.C. for display in the musem... 64 minutes
Used to control the SR-71's. It took the whole state of oregon to turn one from westbound to southbound to the AFB.
Feb 14, 2020 00:57:59 #
Mine was San Diego to London non stop.. against the grain....Add ten hours to that...
Feb 14, 2020 12:02:20 #
shelty wrote:
I can remember back when you could travel only on a boat, no airplanes, and that was around seven to nine days.
Airplanes have been around since 1903. Most people don't remember much prior to the age of 3 or 4. So, you're saying you are 120 years old or older?!
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