Notes:Picture taken 5 minutes after leaving Portimao (Portugal),
flying to the west. IAS was 100kts if I recall correctly, and the GS went up to 173 kts.
Due to the hills below and the turbulence I decided to stick with the speed and not try to dive to the VNE.
Name:Rob van Geest
Airline:AAE
Date:24 May 2005
Notes:I don't know if you can call this a groundspeedrecord, but it certainly is something for this animal. This grasshopper landed on my wing at startup, and remained there for 5 minutes after takeoff.
Groundspeed was 110 kts in a Socata TB-200GT.