Notes:Really strong tail wind over Northern Canada and a low altitude gave us a high TAS.
Name:Tom Pedersen (Cpt) & Dino Glazemakers (FO)
Airline:PrivatAir
Date:05 February 2007
Notes:Return flight from KIAH (Houston) to EHAM (Amsterdam) (KLM664).
Just before passing KIAD (Washington) we had a GS of 679 kts!
The wind was still increasing and we turned to the wind to get a max GS which resulted in a GS of 687kts!! (unfortunately the turbulence was to big to be able to get a clear photo).
Name:F/O Jörn Roth (Cpt. Frank Schulze)
Airline:PrivatAir
Date:23 November 2006
Notes:From KEWR to EDDM on track X between 50W and 40W.
Name:Capt Didier Panis / FO Raphaël Arnould
Airline:PrivatAir
Date:28 March 2015
Notes:Flight from KIAH (Houston) to ENZV (Stavanger).
JetStream above northern Canada.
Trying to avoid the turbulences at FL370, we descended to FL350 to get into the core of the jet.
It is were we captured the highest wind.
Name:CPT Jens Rahbek, F/O Pieter Brantegem
Airline:PrivatAir
Date:20 February 2015
Notes:Flying from IAH to SVG we picked up a good tailwind of almost 200kts, but at FL390 the TAS was against us. Great support from IFD Nadia Benaerens and the crew.
Name:Capt Olivier Haulotte & F/O Nicolas Hofman
Airline:Privatair
Date:09 January 2015
Notes:Nice tailwind over the North Atlantic on the return flight from Houston to Stavanger.
Name:Capt Dino Glazemakers
Airline:PrivatAir
Date:18 January 2009
Notes:We flew a new record on our Houston-Amsterdam route.
Total flight time was only 8u16!
Not the highest ground speed ever, but we had a nice constant jet the whole flight!