Notes:A speedy 3747 nm flight crossing most of Asia completed only in 6 hrs 45 mins (555 Knot average).
Peak speed was recorded 200 nm south west of Tokyo at FL390 in the core of a Jet stream stretching from Bangladesh to Alaska. We briefly increased our speed to M.87 to hit 700 Kts then reduced back to M.83.
Name:TEU, KAC, SMI
Airline:DaimlerChrysler Aviation GmbH
Date:03 March 2007
Notes:Enroute from North Carolina back to Germany (STR). Flighttime 07:03!!! at av. Mach .83 only! Picture taken during Level-off in FL310 at Mach .88 in the area of North Carolina´s Atlantic coast – TAS 520 – Tailwind of 177kts. Average Tailwind during flight was close to 100 kts.
Name:Pete Williams and Scott Cross
Airline:n/a
Date:11 December 2009
Notes:Level at FL410
193Kt tailwind
490 Kts TAS
Mach .85
About 140 miles west of Washington Dulles