Name:Captain Christopher Leskie & First Officer Lance "Scotty" Fleming
Airline:Nippon Cargo Airlines
Date:16 October 2007
Notes:Sector: RJAA to KSFO
Registration: JA 8182
In actual fact we had at one point, a ground speed of 747 knots! But by the time we had the camera out and ready, the speed had dropped to 742. Would have been prefect to get a ground speed of 747 ON the B747 :-)
We had an airborne time of 7 hours 56 mins.
Name:FO Rahner, CP Staar, FE ?
Airline:Lufthansa
Date:24 February 1997
Notes:7:46h Blocktime from Miami to Frankfurt - tailwind of up to 205kts across the complete Atlantic. No turbulence until we got out of the jetstream near Paris. The windmax was about 40°W.
Name:B Fleissner
Airline:Lufthansa Cargo
Date:02 December 2003
Notes:Enroute from Tokyo/Narita to Fairbanks overhead the North Pacific abeam Kamtschatka we had a strong jet with 260/170 giving us this GS.