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[Guenter Schink]

(01-07-2016 08:29 PM)Geoff Quickfall Wrote:  Best I have done is 728kts (1348 km/hour) on the B777 at Mach .86 but I didn't have the portable running. The onboard GPS (all three) had us at 728kts and they are commercially available.

We were at FL330 in the POLAR jet stream from Beijing to Vancouver with a 190 knot tail wind. Smooth as glass.

Geoff

Sanjeev, if you or anyone else hears my name, send up a business card or note to the flight deck via a flight attendant.

Some competition? My fastest was 288kts tailwind overhead Shefferville, resulting in about 760kts (1407Km/h) at Mach 0.82 on the old horse B707. From Winnipeg to Cologne, most probably at FL 370. Sorry no GPS in the late 70's. Speed cross checked with INS and VORTAC. It wasn't smooth at all, more like participating in a Rodeo at Calgary.

Günter

PS: Vancouver, Geoff?