Transatlantic airliners hit speeds near 800 mph...
When Randal Miles woke up from a nap during his flight from Los Angeles to Paris last week, he opened the interactive map on his seat-back screen to see how much longer he'd be in the air, Jack Stewart reports on wired.com.
But the number than caught his eye was the jet's speed.
The Norwegian jet was flying at 770 mph -- about 200 mph faster than its standard cruising velocity, Stewart wrote.
For more on how standard Boeing jets are taking advantage of strong jet streams rushing west to east across the Atlantic: https://www.wired.com/story/norwegian-air-transatlantic-speed-record/
Photo: wired.com
In the past few days, Norwegian Air 787 jets have broken a subsonic speed record.
When Randal Miles woke up from a nap during his flight from Los Angeles to Paris last week, he opened the interactive map on his seat-back screen to see how much longer he'd be in the air, Jack Stewart reports on wired.com.
But the number than caught his eye was the jet's speed.
The Norwegian jet was flying at 770 mph -- about 200 mph faster than its standard cruising velocity, Stewart wrote.
For more on how standard Boeing jets are taking advantage of strong jet streams rushing west to east across the Atlantic: https://www.wired.com/story/norwegian-air-transatlantic-speed-record/
Photo: wired.com
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