I flew from HKG to SFO on 29 March in a UA B744. I had seat 19K, window bulkhead in the first row of Economy Plus. Used my Garmin GPS to log the flight. The track was far south of the great circle route and 390 nm longer. The maximum speed was 692 kts, (796 miles/hr, 1281 km/hr). The speed was over 775 miles/hr for some hours. We arrived SFO 1 hr 15 min early.
I have flown well over a million miles, but I don’t believe I’ve ever gone faster than on this flight. Perhaps I am mistaken and such speeds are common.
Any comments would be appreciated.
Was this a fast flight?
Re: Was this a fast flight?
Say "Thank-you very much you mighty jet steam for propelling us at ludicrious speed to SFO".
Cheers,
Stij
Cheers,
Stij
Re: Was this a fast flight?
Mel Brooks "Space balls" featuring "Dark Helmet"!!! Should rent that movie again!
Cheers,
Stij
Cheers,
Stij
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Re: Was this a fast flight?
Mistake. Days are long gone when steam power was considered for flying. Though, of course, who can know what tomorrow brings...?Stij wrote:Thank-you very much you mighty jet steam
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Re: Was this a fast flight?
I know you are joking, but too bad steam engines never made it (on airplanes). The problem was power to weight ratio , but they were silent and capable of STOL because they could reverse the thrust. Here is a nice video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw6NFmcnW-8jan_olieslagers wrote:Mistake. Days are long gone when steam power was considered for flying. Though, of course, who can know what tomorrow brings...?Stij wrote:Thank-you very much you mighty jet steam
(and sorry that this is off-topic)
Re: Was this a fast flight?
Well...it depends on what you consider as a steam engine.andorra-airport wrote:I know you are joking, but too bad steam engines never made it (on airplanes). The problem was power to weight ratio , but they were silent and capable of STOL because they could reverse the thrust. Here is a nice video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw6NFmcnW-8jan_olieslagers wrote:Mistake. Days are long gone when steam power was considered for flying. Though, of course, who can know what tomorrow brings...?Stij wrote:Thank-you very much you mighty jet steam
(and sorry that this is off-topic)
But if water is used to cool a nuclear reactor and the resulting steam drives an impeller, we could speak about steam power.
It has flown.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_X-6
Re: Was this a fast flight?
Using a web search I found a map depicting the jet stream during my HKG-SFO flight. Wind speed is in knots. Appears it was really steaming along!