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aerohead · 07-09-2021, 01:40 PM

On occasion, at 41,000-feet, I've been in a 150-mph tailwind in the Jet Stream, giving us a ground velocity in excess of MACH-1. Which is welcome on a flight from Maui or the Big Island to Dallas.

And no sonic boom!

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aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 15,908 Thanks: 23,993 Thanked 7,227 Times in 4,654 Posts	600-mph On occasion, at 41,000-feet, I've been in a 150-mph tailwind in the Jet Stream, giving us a ground velocity in excess of MACH-1. Which is welcome on a flight from Maui or the Big Island to Dallas. And no sonic boom! __________________ Photobucket album: http://s1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj622/aerohead2/