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Aircraft Global Express
Company Mexican corporate aircraft
Name Cap. José G Carrera, Cap. José Martínez Ferrara, Cap. Pedro Isla Martinez.
 
Date 10 Jan 2010
Groundspeed 668 kts
Notes On this flight we flew from Osaka Japan (RJBB) back to home Aeropuerto del Norte Mexico (MMAN).
The distance was 6416 M.N and the average tailwind was 108 kts.
The maximum tailwind was 172 kts.
The flight time endurance 11:12.
At FL410 and FL450 M0.82 we reached the maximum ground speed in the middle of Ocean Pacific near Midway island.

(The picture was taken when momentarily at M.87 TAS 501 kts with a tailwind of 171 kts)